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Heteraletes

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Heteraletes was named by Peterson (1931). It is not extant. Its type is Heteraletes leotanus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dilophodon by Hough (1955), Gazin (1956), Radinsky (1963), Black (1979) and Prothero and Schoch (1989).

It was assigned to Tapiroidea by Peterson (1931) and Colbert and Schoch (1998); and to Tapiridae by Colbert (2005).

Species
H. leotanus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Heteraletes Peterson
1998Heteraletes Colbert and Schoch p. 575
2005Heteraletes Colbert p. 12

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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()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusHeteraletesPeterson 1931

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. †Heteraletes Peterson 1931
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†Heteraletes leotanus Peterson 1932
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: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:13:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Montana) Dilophodon leotanus (16551 16584)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Dilophodon leotanus (16513 16514 16517 16518)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Dilophodon leotanus (16534)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Montana) Dilophodon leotanus (16532)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Dilophodon leotanus (16531 16594) Dilophodon leotanus, H. leotanus (222805)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Wyoming) H. sp. (16884)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Montana) Dilophodon leotanus (16854)