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Titanotylopus

Mammalia - Camelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Titanotylopus Barbour and Schultz
1945Titanotylopus Simpson p. 150
1965Titanotylopus Webb p. 44
1976Titanotylopus Breyer
1980Titanotylopus Kurten and Anderson p. 301
1988Titanotylopus Carroll
1998Titanotylopus Honey et al. p. 451

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeCameliniGray 1821
genusTitanotylopus

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.

G. †Titanotylopus Barbour and Schultz 1934
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Titanotylopus nebraskensis Barbour and Schultz 1934
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. D. Webb 1965The characters of this genus are dis- cussed by Meade ( 1945) and by Hibbard and Riggs (1949). Very large size. Cranium elongate except in premaxillary region; braincase relatively small and shallow (this may be partly the result of crush- ing in some specimens, but shallowness is observed in several specimens and is confirmed by a short coronoid process); interorbital region convex; jugal shallow; postglenoid process large; tympanohyal vagina open posteroexternally; depth of muzzle at anterior end of nasals about 50% greater than in Camelops; maxillary fossa reduced; lacrimal vacui- ties absent; anterior narial aperture subovate, often bordered ventrally by strong premaxillary symphy- sis; premaxillaries blunt, laterally expanded to sup- port heavy canines. Angular process of mandible sharply inflected, position little below condyle; cor- onoid process relatively short. Dental formula: I 0-1/3, C 1/1, P 3/3-2, M 3/3; 13near tip of ros- trum when present; Cl sexually dimorphic, large to very large, anterolaterally inclined; p3 with in- complete internal crescent, but much larger than in Camelops; p4 with well developed parastyle, meta- style and rib; upper molars with styles and ribs better developed than in Camelops; M3 lacking posterior projection of metastyle; lower incisors on a nearly transverse line; canine large, anterolaterally inclined, anterior in position; P1 often absent in females; P 3 present, variable in size; P 4 bilobed, with strong anterolingual inflection; lower molars with lingual stylids and ribs well expressed. Limb elements usually, but not always, longer and more massive than in Camelops.