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Lophiotherium siderolithicum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Hyracotherium siderolithicum was named by Pictet (1857). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mormont Eclepens, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Switzerland.

It was recombined as Acoessus siderolithicum by Cope (1881); it was recombined as Lophiotherium siderolithicum by Deperet (1901), Hooker (1986) and Remy (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. vasacciensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Hyracotherium siderolithicum Pictet
1869Hyracotherium siderolithicum Pictet
1881Acoessus siderolithicum Cope p. 397
1901Lophiotherium siderolithicum Deperet
1986Lophiotherium siderolithicum Hooker p. 347
2015Lophiotherium siderolithicum Remy

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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()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
subfamilyPachynolophinaePaulow 1877
genusLophiotheriumMarsh 1871
speciessiderolithicum(Pictet 1857)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 05:07:24
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:24:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Lophiotherium robiacense (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Lophiotherium siderolithicum (31736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland Hyracotherium siderolithicum (31742)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Switzerland Lophiotherium siderolithicum (195853)