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Schlosseria magister

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae

Taxonomy
Schlosseria magister was named by Matthew and Granger (1926). Its type specimen is AMNH 20241, a partial skeleton (upper and lower jaws, fore and hind feet), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Schlosseria.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Schlosseria magister Matthew and Granger
1980Simplaletes sujiensis Qi
1980Simplaletes ulanshirehensis Qi
1990Lophialetes primus Cheng and Ma

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
familyLophialetidaeMatthew and Granger 1925
genusSchlosseria
speciesmagister

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.

†Schlosseria magister Matthew and Granger 1926
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Invalid names: Lophialetes primus Cheng and Ma 1990 [synonym], Simplaletes sujiensis Qi 1980 [synonym], Simplaletes ulanshirehensis Qi 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: browsersubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:02:20
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:02:20
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Colbert and Schoch 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 55.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Hubei) Lophialetes primus (175808)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Nei Mongol) Schlosseria magister (174920 226243)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Xinjiang) Schlosseria magister (176333)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Simplaletes sujiensis (174722) Simplaletes ulanshirehensis (28792)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Schlosseria magister (174914)