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Trigonolophodon

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Homalodotheriidae

Taxonomy
Trigonolophodon was named by Roth (1903). It is not extant. Its type is Trigonolophodon inflatus.

It was assigned to Notoungulata by Roth (1904); and to Homalodotheriidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
T. elegans, T. inflatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Trigonolophodon Roth p. 16
1904Trigonolophodon Roth
1997Trigonolophodon McKenna and Bell

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
familyHomalodotheriidaeGregory 1910
genusTrigonolophodonRoth 1903

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. †Trigonolophodon Roth 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Mustersan to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.00000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) T. inflatus, T. elegans (175761)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Chile T. elegans (38072)