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Metanchilophus depereti

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Anchilophus depereti was named by Stehlin (1905). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMB Eb-376 (lectotype), a set of teeth (two molars interpreted as M1/-M2/).

It was recombined as Metanchilophus depereti by Remy (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Anchilophus depereti Stehlin
2012Metanchilophus depereti Remy

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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()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
subfamilyPachynolophinaePaulow 1877
genusMetanchilophus
speciesdepereti(Stehlin 1905)

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.

†Metanchilophus depereti Stehlin 1905
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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: Benton 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Anchilophus depereti (184468)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) Anchilophus depereti (31723)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) Anchilophus depereti (31720 31721 31722)