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Duchesneodus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Duchesneodus Lucas and Schoch
1988Duchesneodus Carroll
1989Duchesneodus Prothero and Schoch p. 537
1998Duchesneodus Mader p. 531
2008Duchesneodus Mihlbachler p. 413

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeBrontotheriiniMarsh 1873
subtribeBrontotheriinaMarsh 1873
BrontotheriitaMarsh 1873
genusDuchesneodus

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. †Duchesneodus Lucas and Schoch 1982
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Duchesneodus uintensis Peterson 1931
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. G. Lucas and R. M. Schoch 1982Moderately large titanotheres. Length of M 1_/- 3 approximately 150-180 mm; dental formula IiC/P 4--34--3M:13 ; incisors small and round; canines short with round cross-sections; premolars molariform: upper premolars with distinct tetartacones, lower premolars with distinct entoconids; M3 with distinct hypocone; labial faces of lower cheek teeth vertical or nearly vertical; labial cingula absent or very poorly developed on cheek teeth; nasals bearing two small horns that are round to trihedral in cross-section; skull roof with distinct convexity between occiput and orbits; skull mesaticephalic.