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Helaletes nanus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Taxonomy
Lophiodon nanus was named by Marsh (1871) [also said to be 1872 NOT the same as "Lophiodon nanus" of Marsh 1871]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is YPM 11080, a maxilla (fragments of both upper jaws with all the cheek-teeth represented on the right side), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Hyrachyus nanus by Leidy (1872), Leidy (1873) and Cope (1873); it was recombined as Dilophodon nanus by Scott (1883); it was synonymized subjectively with Helaletes boops by Wortman and Earle (1893); it was recombined as Helaletes nanus by Marsh (1872), Osborn and Wortman (1895), Hay (1902), Peterson (1919), Troxell (1922), Wood (1934), Radinsky (1963), Gazin (1976), Schoch (1984), Stucky (1984), Schoch (1989), McCarroll et al. (1996) and Colbert and Schoch (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Lophiodon nanus Marsh p. 37
1872Hyrachyus nanus Leidy
1872Helaletes boops Marsh p. 218
1872Helaletes nanus Marsh p. 218
1873Hyrachyus boops Cope p. 6
1873Hyrachyus nanus Cope p. 6
1873Hyrachyus nanus Leidy p. 67
1883Dilophodon nanus Scott
1895Helaletes nanus Osborn and Wortman p. 360
1902Helaletes boops Hay p. 625
1902Helaletes nanus Hay p. 626
1919Helaletes boops Peterson p. 104
1919Helaletes nanus Peterson p. 112
1922Helaletes nanus Troxell
1922Helaletes boops Troxell p. 367 figs. 2, 3
1934Helaletes boops Wood
1934Helaletes nanus Wood
1963Helaletes nanus Radinsky
1976Helaletes nanus Gazin
1984Helaletes nanus Schoch
1984Helaletes nanus Stucky
1989Helaletes nanus Schoch
1996Helaletes nanus McCarroll et al.
1998Helaletes nanus Colbert and Schoch

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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()
—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
genusHelaletes
speciesnanus()

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.

†Helaletes nanus Marsh 1871
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Invalid names: Helaletes boops Marsh 1872 [synonym]
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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Bridgerian or 55.80000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Helaletes nanus (15942)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Montana) Helaletes nanus (16401)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Helaletes nanus (16239 16240 16398)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Nevada) Helaletes nanus (16218)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Helaletes boops, Helaletes nanus (type locality: 16228) Helaletes nanus (16100 16107 16109 16113 16124 16223 16238 16333 16368 16415 16502)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Helaletes nanus (16396)