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Lophiodontidae

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Lophiodontidae Gill
1881Lophiodontidae Cope p. 381
1889Lophiodontidae Cope p. 876
1891Lophiodontidae Flower and Lydekker p. 90
1902Lophiodontidae Hay p. 624
1913Lophiodontidae Scott p. 291
1963Lophiodontidae Radinsky p. 9
1986Lophiodontidae Hooker p. 374
1988Lophiodontidae Carroll
1989Lophiodontidae Prothero and Schoch p. 532
2004Lophiodontidae Hooker and Dashzeveg p. 1375

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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)
—Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyLophiodontidaeGill 1872
familyLophiodontidaeGill 1872

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.

Fm. †Lophiodontidae Gill 1872
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G. †Atalonodon Dal-Piaz 1929
G. †Lophiaspis Depéret 1910
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†Lophiaspis baicherei Deperet 1910
†Lophiaspis maurettei Depéret 1910
†Lophiaspis occitanicus Deperet 1910
G. †Lophiodochoerus Lemoine 1880
Subfm. †Lophiodontinae Cope 1881
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G. †Eolophiodon Robinet et al. 2015
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†Eolophiodon laboriense Robinet et al. 2015
G. †Lophiodon Cuvier 1822
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Subg. †Lophiodon (Coryphodon) Owen 1845
†Lophiodon ballardi Marsh 1871
†Lophiodon buchsowillanum Desmarest 1822
†Lophiodon cuvieri Filhol 1888
†Lophiodon eygalayense Labarrère and Montenat 2011
†Lophiodon isselense Fischer 1829
†Lophiodon lautricense Noulet 1851
†Lophiodon leptorhynchum Filhol 1888
†Lophiodon occitanicum Cuvier 1821
†Lophiodon parisiense Gervais 1854
†Lophiodon parvulum Laurillard 1849
†Lophiodon remensis Lemoine 1878
†Lophiodon rhinocerodes Rütimeyer 1862
†Lophiodon sardus Bosco 1902
†Lophiodon tapirotherium Desmarest 1822
†Lophiodon thomasi Deperet 1906
G. †Paleomoropus Radinsky 1964
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†Paleomoropus jepseni Radinsky 1964
G. †Paralophiodon Dedieu 1977
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†Paralophiodon baroensis Checa Soler 1998
Invalid names: Rhinocerolophiodon Fischer 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 1000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 300 kgf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 05:10:28
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:15:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1996, Legendre 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

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

Collections (96 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain (Lleida) Lophiodon sp. (142031)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Lophiaspis maurettei (178050)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Coryphodon eocaenicus (38868)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Hérault) Lophiaspis sp. (181563)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aude) Lophiaspis occitanicus (78236) Lophiaspis sp. (182641)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Occitanie) Lophiodon eygalayense (195457)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Lophiodon leptorhynchum (31717)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 38.0France (Aude) Paralophiodon isselense, Lophiodon sp., Lophiaspis occitanicus, Lophiodon isselense (78233)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Lophiodon lautricense (27721)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Lophiodon cuvieri, Lophiodon buchsowillanum, Lophiodon tapirotherium (45738) Lophiodon tapirotherium (45734)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Paleomoropus jepseni (15807)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Lophiodon tapirotherium (45749)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Portugal (Região Centro) Lophiaspis maurettei (79200)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Spain (Lleida) Lophiaspis mauretti, Lophiaspis corsaensis (88345)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Lophiodon leptorhynchum (24201)
MP 15 - MP 1648.6 - 37.2Spain (Salamanca) Lophiodontidae indet. (40892)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Aude) Lophiaspis baicherei (78232) Lophiodon isselense (78235 78237 78241) Lophiodon leptorhynchum, Lophiodon isselense (78238) Lophiodon sp. (78234)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Zamora) Lophiodon sp. (41308 179692) Lophiodontidae indet. (41078) Paralophiodon isselense, L. sp. A, L. sp. B, Lophiodon tapirotherium (41073)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Tarn) Lophiaspis occitanicus, Lophiodon isselense (78242) Lophiodon rhinocerodes (78243)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Lophiodon cuvieri (184755)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Drome) Lophiodon eygalayense (177494)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Lophiodon buchsowillanum (45745 45746) Lophiodon buchsowillanum, Lophiodon tapirotherium (45742 45747) Lophiodon cuvieri, Lophiodon buchsowillanum, Lophiodon tapirotherium (45741) Lophiodon remensis (45751 45768 45769 45770) Lophiodon tapirotherium (44999 45000 45736 45739 45743 45744 45748 45750) Lophiodon tapirotherium, Lophiodon buchsowillanum, Lophiodon tapirotherium (45001 45002) Lophiodon tapirotherium, Lophiodon cuvieri, Lophiodon buchsowillanum, Lophiodon tapirotherium (13322) Rhinocerolophiodon buxovillanum (45762) Rhinocerolophiodon buxovillanum, Lophiodon remensis (45763 45764 45765 45766 45767)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Ariege) Lophiodon subpyrenaicum (78230 78231)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Lophiodon rhinocerodes (31723)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Lophiodontidae indet. (28779 28790)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) Lophiodon lautricense (184176)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Gironde) Lophiodon lautricense (78247)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Herault) Lophiodon leptorhynchum (78252 78253)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Lophiodon lautricense (31736 183350)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Lophiodon sp. (40358)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Occitanie) Lophiodon lautricense (184175 184177 184178 184182 184184 184185)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) Lophiodontidae indet., Lophiodon lautricense (177582)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Lophiaspis sp., Lophiodon tapirotherium, Lophiodon cuvieri, Lophiodon rhinocerodes (31722) Lophiodon tapirotherium, Lophiodon cuvieri, Lophiodon rhinocerodes (31720)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Lophiodon sp. (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Lophiodon lautricense (184179 184180 184181 184183 229999)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland Lophiodon lautricense (31742)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Aude) Lophiaspis occitanicus (78249 78256) Lophiodon lautricense (78259) Lophiodon leptorhynchum (78251 78255 78257 78258)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Spain (Castilla y Leon) Lophiodon sp. (40883)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Herault) Lophiodon leptorhynchum, Lophiaspis occitanicus (78248)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Lophiodon tapirotherium, Lophiodon tapirotherium (45003)