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Triplopus rhinocerinus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Taxonomy
Eotrigonias rhinocerinus was named by Wood (1927) [genotype]. Its type locality is Lake Fork, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Triplopus rhinocerinus by Radinsky (1967), Wilson and Stevens (1986), Hanson (1989), Prothero (1998) and Lofgren et al. (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. proficiens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Eotrigonias rhinocerinus Wood
1929Eotrigonias rhinocerinus Wood p. 63
1967Triplopus rhinocerinus Radinsky
1986Triplopus rhinocerinus Wilson and Stevens
1989Triplopus rhinocerinus Hanson
1998Triplopus rhinocerinus Prothero p. 591
2020Triplopus rhinocerinus Lofgren et al.

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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)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyHyracodontidaeCope 1879
genusTriplopus
speciesrhinocerinus()

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.

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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: 2005-08-31 15:07:17
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:07:17
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Prothero 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Montana) Triplopus rhinocerhinus (16551)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Triplopus rhinocerinus (type locality: 16592)
Late/Upper Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.0USA (Montana) Triplopus rhinocerinus (230860)