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Gandheralophus robustus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Isectolophidae

Taxonomy
Gandheralophus robustus was named by Missiaen and Gingerich (2012). Its type specimen is GSP−UM 6768, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GH-40, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Gandheralophus robustus Missiaen and Gingerich

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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)
familyIsectolophidae
genusGandheralophus
speciesrobustus

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.

†Gandheralophus robustus Missiaen and Gingerich 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:02:57
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:02:57
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Colbert and Schoch 1998

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan (Balochistan) Gandheralophus robustus (type locality: 179962)