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Indolophus guptai

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Indolophidae

Taxonomy
Indolophus guptai was named by Pilgrim (1925). Its type specimen is GSI C347, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Konywa, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar. It is the type species of Indolophus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Indolophus guptai Pilgrim p. 22 figs. Pl. 2. 8. a-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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()
suborderLophodontomorpha
infraorderEuperissodactyla
—Hippomorpha
familyIndolophidaeSchoch 1984
genusIndolophusPilgrim 1925
speciesguptai

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.

†Indolophus guptai Pilgrim 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: browsero
Diet 2: grazero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:57:26
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:57:26
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Myanmar Indolophus guptai (type locality: 41195 41331 41456 177034)