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Lophiodon tapirotherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae

Taxonomy
Lophiodon tapirotherium was named by Desmarest (1822).

It was synonymized subjectively with Lophiodon filholi by Fischer (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. sanmoralense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Lophiodon tapirotherium Desmarest
1986Lophiodon tapirotherium Hooker p. 374

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyLophiodontidaeGill 1872
subfamilyLophiodontinae
genusLophiodonCuvier 1822
speciestapirotheriumDesmarest 1822

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.

†Lophiodon tapirotherium Desmarest 1822
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: folivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 02:19:22
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:15:49
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Legendre 1988, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Zamora) Lophiodon tapirotherium (41073)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Lophiodon tapirotherium (13322 45001 45002)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Lophiodon tapirotherium (31720 31722)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Lophiodon tapirotherium (45003)