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Paracolodon

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Helaletidae

Taxonomy
Paracolodon was named by Matthew and Granger (1925). Its type is Paracolodon inceptus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Colodon by Prothero and Schoch (1989).

It was assigned to Perissodactyla by Matthew and Granger (1925); to Tapiroidea by Carroll (1988); and to Helaletidae by Bai et al. (2017).

Species
P. curtus, P. fissus, P. inceptus (type species)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by G. Lloyd on 2021-02-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Paracolodon Matthew and Granger
1988Paracolodon Carroll
2017Paracolodon Bai et al.

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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
familyHelaletidaeOsborn 1892
genusParacolodon

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. †Paracolodon Matthew and Granger 1925
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Paracolodon curtus Matthew and Granger 1925
Paracolodon fissus Matthew and Granger 1925
Paracolodon inceptus Matthew and Granger 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsuperf
Diet: browsersuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:03:27
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:03:27
Source: superf = superfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Colbert and Schoch 1998

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia P. curtus (73781)