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Lambdoceras

Mammalia - Protoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Lambdoceras Stirton pp. 4-5
1981Lambdoceras Webb p. 362
1987Lambdoceras Tedford et al.
1998Lambdoceras Prothero p. 435
1999Lambdoceras Albright
2003Lambdoceras Webb et al. p. 362
2007Lambdoceras Prothero and Ludtke p. 174

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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()
Ruminantiamorpha
familyProtoceratidae
subfamilySynthetoceratinaeFrick 1937
tribeSynthetoceratini
genusLambdoceras

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.

G. †Lambdoceras Stirton 1967
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Lambdoceras hessei Stirton 1967
Lambdoceras siouxensis Frick 1937
Lambdoceras trinitiensis Patton and Taylor 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:39:46
Modified: 2009-01-07 18:24:42
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Prothero 1998

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Barstovian or 18.50000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Texas) Prosynthetoceras trinitiensis (18634)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) L. sp. (17952)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (South Dakota) L. hessei (17912)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Neotragocerus improvisus (17983) Prosynthetoceras siouxensis (17905 17976 17985 18011 18019)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Prosynthetoceras trinitiensis (18665)