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Trigonolophodon inflatus

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Homalodotheriidae

Taxonomy
Trigonolophodon inflatus was named by Roth (1904). Its type specimen is Not listed, a set of teeth (molar superior y una mandíbula infe- rior con los dos últimos molares, y un premolar hallado suelto), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Blanco, Mustersan, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Trigonolophodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Trigonolophodon inflatus Roth p. 16
1904Trigonolophodon inflatus Roth p. 16
1967Trigonolophodon inflatus Simpson

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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
speciesinflatus

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: 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: MacFadden et al. 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Mustersan or 48.00000 to 42.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Trigonolophodon inflatus (type locality: 175761)