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Eggysodontidae

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Eggysodontidae

Taxonomy
Eggysodontidae was named by Breuning (1923).

It was assigned to Rhinocerotoidea by Bai and Wang (2012) and Wang et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Eggysodontidae Breuning
2012Eggysodontidae Bai and Wang
2016Eggysodontidae Wang et al.

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyEggysodontidaeBreuning 1923
familyEggysodontidaeBreuning 1923

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.

Fm. †Eggysodontidae Breuning 1923
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G. †Allacerops Wood 1932
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†Allacerops gaudryi Rames 1886
†Allacerops minor Belayeva 1954
†Allacerops osborniana Schlosser 1902
†Allacerops pomeli Roman 1910
†Allacerops turgaica Borissiak 1915
G. †Eggysodon Roman 1910
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†Eggysodon cadibonense Roger 1898
†Eggysodon gaudryi Rames 1886
†Eggysodon osborni Schlosser 1902
†Eggysodon turgaicum Borissiak 1915
Invalid names: Engyodon Stehlin 1930 [synonym]
G. †Proeggysodon Bai and Wang 2012
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†Proeggysodon qiui Bai and Wang 2012
Invalid names: Eggysodontinae Breuning 1923 [empty]
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 15:03:12
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:03:12
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Colbert and Schoch 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Chattian or 37.20000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) Allacerops sp. (174716)
Ulangochuian37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Proeggysodon qiui (73810)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Gansu) Allacerops sp. (77998) Allacerops turgaica (176019 182899)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia Allacerops minor (177035)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Germany Eggysodon sp. (36984)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Belgium Eggysodon sp. (31748 183666)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4Germany Eggysodon osborni (46097)
MP 2433.9 - 28.4France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Eggysodon gaudryi (182658)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Switzerland (Canton Basel-Landschaft) Eggysodon osborni (182622)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Tarn) Eggysodon gaudryi (181101)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03Spain (Cuenca) Eggysodon osborni (184097)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy (Savona) Aceratherium cadibonense (193758)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Eggysodon gaudryi (181656)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Georgia Allacerops sp. (182744)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan (Aktyubinskaya) Epiaceratherium turgaicum (73994) Epiaceretherium sp. (74001)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan Eggysodon sp. (64413)
MP 2728.4 - 23.03Switzerland Eggysodon gaudryi (184454)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Eggysodon pomeli (125329)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Eggysodon gaudryi (60281)