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Lambdotheriidae (disused)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lambdotheriidae

Taxonomy
Lambdotheriidae was named by Cope (1889). Its type is Lambdotherium.

It was reranked as the subfamily Lambdotheriinae by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Perissodactyla by Cope (1889); to Perissodactyla by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Brontotheriidae by Hay (1902); and to Brontotherioidea by Prothero and Schoch (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Lambdotheriidae Cope p. 876
1891Lambdotheriidae Flower and Lydekker p. 90
1902Lambdotheriinae Hay p. 629
1989Lambdotheriidae Prothero and Schoch p. 536

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
suborderTitanotheriomorpha
superfamilyBrontotherioideaMarsh 1873
familyLambdotheriidae
familyLambdotheriidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Lambdotheriidae Cope 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: browsero
Diet 2: grazero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:57:26
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:57:26
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available