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Colodon

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Colodon Marsh
1890Mesotapirus Scott and Osborn
1902Colodon Hay p. 626
1913Colodon Scott p. 291
1925Colodon Matthew and Granger
1963Colodon Radinsky p. 57
1966Colodon Radinsky p. 633
1967Colodon Bjork p. 232
1989Colodon Prothero and Schoch p. 532
1998Colodon Colbert and Schoch p. 576
1999Colodon Holbrook p. 346
2005Colodon Colbert p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusColodon

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. †Colodon Marsh 1890
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†Colodon cingulatus Douglass 1902
†Colodon copei Osborn and Wortman 1895
†Colodon inceptus Matthew and Granger 1925
†Colodon kayi Hough 1955
†Colodon occidentalis Leidy 1868
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Invalid names: Colodon dakotensis Osborn and Wortman 1895 [synonym], Colodon luxatus Marsh 1890 [synonym], Colodon procuspidatus Osborn and Wortman 1895 [synonym], Mesohippus longipes Osborn and Wortman 1894 [synonym]
†Colodon orientalis Borissyak 1918
†Colodon stovalli Wilson and Schiebout 1984
†Colodon woodi Gazin 1956
Invalid names: Mesotapirus Scott and Osborn 1890 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. B. Radinsky 1963Medium-sized to large helaletids with relatively short, wide cheek 1 a_
teeth. Canines small or absent. P with lingual loph or cusp; P * essentially molariform,
protocone and hypocone more or less well separated, metaloph as prominent as prota- 12
loph and extending to hypocone. M " metacone flat to concave, more lingually displaced and shortened than in Helaletes. Pt absent. P2_4 with wide talonids and relatively large entoconids. Greatly enlarged nasal incisions with reduced nasals.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:13:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 46.20000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Henan) C. sp. (46193)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Montana) C. kayi (16584) C. kayi, C. woodi (16551)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) C. kayi (16626)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) C. woodi (16513 16514 16517 16518 16642 16643 16645)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) C. sp. (16845 16846)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Utah) C. sp. (16861)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) C. sp. (16828 16835 16851) C. stovalli (16862 16863)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (South Dakota) C. cingulatus (16823)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Wyoming) C. woodi (16853)
Duchesnean - Chadronian39.7 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) C. sp. (17020)
Duchesnean - Chadronian39.7 - 33.9USA (Montana) C. cingulatus (16840)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9North Korea (Hwanghae-do) C. hodosimai (48621)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) C. inceptus (180387)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia C. inceptus (73781)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3China (Henan) C. sp. (46197)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Kazakhstan C. orientalis (180520)
Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene37.71 - 23.04North Korea (Kokai-do) C. hodsimai (13997)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Montana) C. cingulatus (16990) C. kayi (17010) C. sp. (17028)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) C. occidentalis (16912 16919 17023)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) C. sp. (16923 16960)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Texas) C. sp. (17016)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) C. occidentalis (16885)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (California) C. sp. (17029)
Early/Lower Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Montana) C. sp. (68415)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (South Dakota) C. dakotensis (17094 17102 17133 17141 17174 17296) C. luxatus (17153) C. occidentalis (17162 68719) C. sp. (17187) Mesohippus longipes (17142)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Oregon) C. sp. (17069)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) C. cingulatus (17242) C. occidentalis (17294)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8Canada (Saskatchewan) C. sp. (17055)
Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Kazakhstan C. orientalis (180519)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (South Dakota) C. sp. (17342)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Georgia C. sp. (182744)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan (Aktyubinskaya) C. orientalis (73994)