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Teleolophus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Teleolophus Matthew and Granger
1958Teleolophus Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg p. 24
1984Pachylophus Tong and Lei
1988Teleolophus Carroll
1989Teleolophus Prothero and Schoch p. 533
1997Teleolophus Lucas et al. p. 242
2005Teleolophus 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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusTeleolophusMatthew 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. †Teleolophus Matthew and Granger 1925
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Teleolophus danjiangensis Tong and Lei 1984
Teleolophus daviesi Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958
Teleolophus magnus Radinsky 1965
Teleolophus medius Matthew and Granger 1925
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Invalid names: Deperetella ferganica Belyaeva 1962 [synonym], Teleolophus beliajevi Biryukov 1974 [synonym]
Teleolophus rectus Qi 1987
Teleolophus shandongensis Chow and Qi 1982
Teleolophus sichuanensis Xu et al. 1979
Teleolophus xui Tong and Lei 1984
Teleolophus zaisanicus Gabunia 1984
Invalid names: Pachylophus Tong and Lei 1984 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 55.80000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Deperetella ferganica (174761) T. medius (28490)
Irdinmanhan56.0 - 37.71Kazakhstan T. beliajevi (53657)
Irdinmanhan56.0 - 37.71Mongolia T. sp. (182485)
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71Mongolia T. sp. (182486)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Inner Mongolia) T. primarius, T. rectus (195165)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (Punjab) T. daviesi (45529)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Kazakhstan T. sp. (180389) T. zaisanicus (180518)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Kyrgyzstan T. sp. (177050 177051 177053)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Shandong) T. sp., T. shandongensis (175583)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) T. medius (28792)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Yunnan) T. medius (36668)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Guangxi) T. sp. (190964)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Henan) T. n. sp. (175802)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) T. magnus (174647 174715 180387) T. sp. (174918)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4China (Henan) T. danjiangensis, Pachylophus xui, T. sichuanensis (174738)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) T. medius, T. magnus (174915)