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Xiphodontidae

Mammalia - Xiphodontidae

Taxonomy
Xiphodontidae was named by Flower (1883). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Artiodactyla by Cope (1889); to Xiphodontoidea by Hooker (1986); to Tylopoda by Carroll (1988); and to Anoplotherioidea by Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Xiphodontidae Flower
1889Xiphodontidae Cope p. 876
1986Xiphodontidae Hooker p. 412
1988Xiphodontidae Carroll
2006Xiphodontidae Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al.

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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
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
superfamilyAnoplotherioideaBonaparte 1850
familyXiphodontidaeFlower 1883
familyXiphodontidaeFlower 1883

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. †Xiphodontidae Flower 1883
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G. †Dichodon Owen
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†Dichodon cartieri Rutimeyer 1891
†Dichodon cervinus Owen 1848
†Dichodon cuspidatus Owen 1847
†Dichodon frohnstettense von Meyer 1852
†Dichodon simplex Kowalevsky 1874
G. †Haplomeryx Schlosser 1886
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†Haplomeryx egerkingensis Stehlin 1910
†Haplomeryx euzetensis Depéret 1917
†Haplomeryx obliquus Cuvier 1822
†Haplomeryx picteti Stehlin 1910
†Haplomeryx zitteli Schlosser 1886
G. †Leptotheridium Stehlin 1910
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†Leptotheridium lugeoni Stehlin 1910
G. †Paraxiphodon Sudre 1978
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G. †Xiphodon Cuvier 1822
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†Xiphodon castrensis Kowalevsky 1873
†Xiphodon gracile Cuvier 1822
†Xiphodon intermedium Stehlin 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 10 kgg
Minimum body mass: 300 gs
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: Diet inferred from tooth morphologyf
Created: 2005-09-01 06:08:27
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:38:21
Source: s = species, g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Legendre 1988, Blondel 1996, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 15 - MP 1648.6 - 37.2Spain (Salamanca) Leptotheridium sp. (40892)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Leptotheridium traguloides (184468)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Dichodon ruetimeyeri, Dichodon simplex (31723)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland Dichodon cervinum, Dichodon subtile, Leptotheridium traguloides, Xiphodon castrense, Haplomeryx picteti, Leptotheridium lugeoni (31742)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Xiphodon castrense (31634)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Dichodon ruetimeyeri, Dichodon sp., Dichodon simplex, Haplomeryx egerkingensis (31718) Leptotheridium traguloides, Dichodon cartieri (31721) Leptotheridium traguloides, Dichodon cartieri, Haplomeryx egerkingensis (31720)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) Dichodon sp., Haplomeryx sp. (182607)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dichodon sp., Dichodon vidalenci, Leptotheridium traguloides, Xiphodon castrense, Haplomeryx picteti (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Rhone-Alpes Region) Dichodon lugdunense (31741)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Barcelona) Leptotheridium sp. (182219)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Dichodon sp., Dichodon cervinus (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Leptotheridium indet., Dichodon sp. (40358)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Paraxiphodon cournovense, Leptotheridium traguloides, Xiphodon castrense, Haplomeryx picteti (31736) Xiphodon castrense (183350)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) Leptotheridium sp. (177581)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Paraxiphodon teulonense, Xiphodon intermedium (31759)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Dichodon cervinum, Leptotheridium lugeoni, Xiphodon intermedium, Haplomeryx euzetensis (31724) Dichodon cervinum, Paraxiphodon teulonense, Leptotheridium lugeoni, Haplomeryx euzetensis (31758) Dichodon cervinum, Xiphodon intermedium (31761) Leptotheridium lugeoni (31757) Paraxiphodon teulonense, Leptotheridium lugeoni (31760) Xiphodon gracile (31738)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Dichodon cervinum, Leptotheridium lugeoni, Xiphodon intermedium, Haplomeryx euzetensis (31751)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Dichodon cervinum, Haplomeryx picteti, Leptotheridium lugeoni (12853) Dichodon sp., Leptotheridium lugeoni, Haplomeryx euzetensis (12848)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Dichodon stehlini, Xiphodon gracile, Dichodon frohnstettense (31747)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France Region) Xiphodon gracile, Haplomeryx obliquus (31739)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Aquitaine Region) Xiphodon gracile (31586)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dichodon cervinum, Dichodon cuspidatum (31608) Dichodon cuspidatus (39643) Dichodon cuspidatus, Dichodon cervinus (184758) Xiphodon gracile (31607)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain Dichodon cervinum, Leptotheridium lugeoni, Xiphodon intermedium, Haplomeryx euzetensis (31750)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Xiphodon gracile (31749)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dichodon cervinum (31635 31755) Haplomeryx picteti, Leptotheridium lugeoni (12849 31745) Haplomeryx picteti, Leptotheridium lugeoni, Dichodon frohnstettense (31740) Haplomeryx zitteli (12854) Leptotheridium lugeoni (31766) Leptotheridium lugeoni, Haplomeryx euzetensis (12841) Xiphodon gracile, Dichodon frohnstettense (31764 31765) Xiphodon gracile, Haplomeryx zitteli (12843) Xiphodon gracile, Haplomeryx zitteli, Dichodon frohnstettense (12842)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) Paraxiphodon teulonense, Leptotheridium lugeoni (31756)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dichodon cervinum (39662) Dichodon cervinus (9070) Dichodon cuspidatus (40030) Xiphodon gracilis (39264 41652)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Dichodon cervinum, Leptotheridium lugeoni, Haplomeryx euzetensis (12850)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Spain (Castilla y Leon) Xiphodon gracile (40883)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Occitanie) Xiphodon gracile (183976)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Xiphodon gracile (31737)
MP 1837.2 - 33.9Spain (Basque County) Haplomeryx sp., Xiphodontidae indet. (38817)
MP 1837.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dichodon sp., Haplomeryx picteti (12851)
MP 18 - MP 1937.2 - 33.9France (Allier) Xiphodon gracile (143459)
MP 1937.2 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Dichodon cervinum, Xiphodon gracile, Dichodon frohnstettense (31752)