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Colodon occidentalis

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Lophiodon occidentalis was named by Leidy (1868) [also said to be 1863]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Colodon occidentalis by Marsh (1890), Wortman and Earle (1893), Hay (1902), Merriam and Sinclair (1907), Scott (1941), Radinsky (1963), Colbert and Schoch (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. hodosimai, C. hodsimai

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Lophiodon occidentalis Leidy p. 232
1890Colodon occidentalis Marsh
1890Colodon luxatus Marsh p. 524
1893Colodon luxatus Marsh p. 411
1893Colodon occidentalis Wortman and Earle
1894Mesohippus longipes Osborn and Wortman
1895Colodon dakotensis Osborn and Wortman
1895Colodon longipes Osborn and Wortman
1895Colodon procuspidatus Osborn and Wortman
1902Colodon dakotensis Hay p. 626
1902Colodon longipes Hay p. 626
1902Colodon occidentalis Hay p. 626
1902Colodon procuspidatus Hay p. 626
1904Colodon longipes Osborn p. 176
1907Colodon occidentalis Merriam and Sinclair
1941Colodon occidentalis Scott
1963Colodon occidentalis Radinsky
1998Colodon occidentalis Colbert and Schoch

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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
speciesoccidentalis()

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 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Orellan or 37.00000 to 31.80000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Colodon occidentalis (16885)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Colodon occidentalis (16912 16919 17023)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) Colodon occidentalis (17294)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (South Dakota) Colodon dakotensis (17094 17102 17133 17141 17174 17296) Colodon luxatus (17153) Colodon occidentalis (17162 68719) Mesohippus longipes (17142)