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Dolocylindrodon

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae

Taxonomy

Dolocylindrodon was named by Korth and Tabrum (2016). Its type is Dolocylindrodon vukae.

It was assigned to Cylindrodontinae by Korth and Tabrum (2016).

Species

D. medius, D. rahnensis, D. texanus, D. tobeyi, D. vukae (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2016	Dolocylindrodon Korth and Tabrum p. 78

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia
family	Cylindrodontidae	Miller and Gidley 1918
genus	Dolocylindrodon

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.

G. †Dolocylindrodon Korth and Tabrum 2016

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†Dolocylindrodon medius Burke 1938

†Dolocylindrodon rahnensis Korth and Tabrum 2016

†Dolocylindrodon texanus Wood 1974

†Dolocylindrodon tobeyi Black 1970

†Dolocylindrodon vukae Korth and Tabrum 2016

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
W. W. Korth and A. R. Tabrum 2016	Cheek teeth mesodont to subhypsodont with four complete transverse lophs (anterior cingulid, metalophulid II, hypolophid, and posterolophid in lowers; anterior cingulum, protoloph, metaloph, and pos- terior cingulum in uppers); hypolophid complete on p4; maxillary-palatine suture; mental foramen on dentary ventral or anterior to the anterior root of p4; cross-section of inci- sors approximately equal in width and length.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-26 14:04:46

Modified:

2005-08-26 16:04:46

Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Duchesnean to the top of the Early/Lower Chadronian or 39.70000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean	39.7 - 37.0	USA (Wyoming)	Pseudocylindrodon tobeyi (16826 16853 16884)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Montana)	Pseudocylindrodon medius (16990)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Texas)	Pseudocylindrodon texanus (16894 16931 16934)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Wyoming)	Pseudocylindrodon medius (17009)
Early/Lower Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Montana)	D. rahnensis (27245) D. vukae (278708)