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Leptoreodon golzi

Mammalia - Protoceratidae

Taxonomy
Leptoreodon golzi was named by Ludtke and Prothero (2004). Its type specimen is SDNHM 47921, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jeff's Discovery, which is in an Uintan terrestrial siliciclastic in the Santiago Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Leptoreodon golzi Ludtke and Prothero pp. 106-107 figs. 9, 10
2007Leptoreodon golzi Prothero and Ludtke p. 172

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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
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
familyProtoceratidae
genusLeptoreodon
speciesgolzi

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.

†Leptoreodon golzi Ludtke and Prothero 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Ludtke and Prothero 2004Small-sized (Fig. 6) species of Leptoreodon, smaller
than L. major, L.marshi, L. stocki, L. leptolophus, L.edwardsi, but larger than L. pusillus. Crests of the upper and lower teeth are sharp, and the teeth relatively narrow, as in L. leptolophus, but disjunctly smaller in size. The p4 has a gently curved anterior crest, although it is more lingually inflected than the crest in L. leptolophus, but not as sharply bent as in L. edwardsi.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:39:46
Modified: 2009-01-07 18:24:42
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Prothero 1998

Age range: Late/Upper Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Leptoreodon sp. (type locality: 16585)