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Lophialetes

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae

Taxonomy
Lophialetes was named by Matthew and Granger (1925). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lophialetidae by Carroll (1988), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Lucas et al. (1997) and Holbrook (1999).

Species
L. expeditus
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. minutus, L. tokunagai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Lophialetes Matthew and Granger
1988Lophialetes Carroll
1989Lophialetes Prothero and Schoch p. 533
1997Lophialetes Lucas et al. p. 236
1999Lophialetes Holbrook p. 346

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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()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
familyLophialetidaeMatthew and Granger 1925
genusLophialetesMatthew and Granger 1925

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. †Lophialetes Matthew and Granger 1925
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†Lophialetes expeditus Matthew and Granger 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: browsersubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:02:20
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:02:20
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Colbert and Schoch 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arshantan56.0 - 37.71Kazakhstan L. sp. (31009)
Irdinmanhan56.0 - 37.71Mongolia L. sp. (182485)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Yunnan) L. expeditus (174964)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Henan) L. sp. (175802)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mongolia L. expeditus (75718) L. sp. (174724 174909)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mongolia (Ovorhangai) L. expeditus (174740)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Kyrgyzstan L. sp. (177050 177053 177057)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) L. expeditus (28792 89041 174720) L. sp. (174721)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Shandong) L. sp. (175583)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9North Korea (Hwanghae-do) L. tokunagai (48621)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Xinjiang) L. sp. (175250)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4China (Henan) L. minutus, L. sp. (46197)
Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene37.2 - 23.03North Korea (Kokai-do) L. tokunagai (13997)