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Lophiotherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Lophiotherium was named by Marsh (1871). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Orotherium by Marsh (1872); it was synonymized subjectively with Pachynolophus by Roger (1896); it was synonymized subjectively with Orohippus by Matthew (1899), Hay (1902), Granger (1908), Stirton (1940) and Kitts (1957).

It was assigned to Anchitheridae by Leidy (1873); to Hyracotheriinae by Cope (1881); to Equidae by Marsh (1871) and Carroll (1988); to Palaeotheriidae by Hooker (1986), Prothero and Schoch (1989) and Remy (2017); and to Pachynolophinae by Remy et al. (2019).

Species
L. cervulum, L. geiseltalensis, L. robiacense, L. siderolithicum
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. vasacciensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Lophiotherium Marsh
1873Lophiotherium Leidy p. 327
1881Lophiotherium Cope p. 381
1986Lophiotherium Hooker p. 347
1988Lophiotherium Carroll
1989Lophiotherium Prothero and Schoch p. 532
2017Lophiotherium Remy
2019Lophiotherium Remy 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
subfamilyPachynolophinaePaulow 1877
genusLophiotheriumMarsh 1871

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. †Lophiotherium Marsh 1871
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†Lophiotherium cervulum Gervais 1849
†Lophiotherium robiacense Deperet 1917
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Benton 1996

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 55.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Occitanie) L. sp. (195457)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) L. sp. (31717)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) L. vasacciensis (131859)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium (Brussels) L. cervulum (124461)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) L. robiacense (183350) L. robiacense, L. siderolithicum (31736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland Hyracotherium siderolithicum (31742)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) L. robiacense (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) L. sp. (177582)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon) L. cervulum (31759)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) L. cervulum (31724 31758 31760)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) L. cervulum (31756)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) L. cervulum (12850)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Switzerland L. cervulum (195854 195855) L. siderolithicum (195853)