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Hyracotherium levei

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Propachynolophus levei was named by Hooker (1994). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BMNH.M49399, a maxilla (Left maxilla with P3-M3). Its type locality is Sables de Guise, Conde-en-Brie, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in France.

It was recombined as Hyracotherium levei by Remy (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Propachynolophus levei Hooker
2017Hyracotherium levei Remy

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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()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
genusHyracotheriumOwen 1841
specieslevei()

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.

†Hyracotherium levei Hooker 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 05:07:24
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:24:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aisne) Propachynolophus levei (220834)