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Colodon cingulatus

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Colodon cingulatus was named by Douglass (1902) [name "Erethizon stirtoni" is used by Cassiliano 1999 with no justification and an erroneous attribution of this name to Frazier 1981; also said to be 1903].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. hodosimai, C. hodsimai
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2015-10-31

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Colodon cingulatus Douglass p. 255
1963Colodon cingulatus Radinsky p. 66
1967Colodon cingulatus Bjork p. 232
1998Colodon cingulatus Albright p. 214

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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
speciescingulatus

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.

†Colodon cingulatus Douglass 1902
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. B. Radinsky 1963Larger than C. occidentalis: mean length M — 57.6 mm. Small
canines present. Upper teeth relatively slightly wider and lower premolars relatively 1
narrower than those of C. occidentalis. P with small posterolingual cusp. Some individu- 24
als with P " hypocones not differentiated from protocones and P3_4 with small entoconids. a
M metacone flat to slightly convex, not as shortened and concave as in C. occidentalis, See Table 11.
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: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Duchesnean to the top of the Orellan or 39.70000 to 31.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (South Dakota) Colodon cingulatus (16823)
Duchesnean - Chadronian39.7 - 33.9USA (Montana) Colodon cingulatus (16840)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Montana) Colodon cingulatus (16990) Colodon sp. (17028)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) Colodon cingulatus (17242)