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Leptolophus cuestai

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Leptolophus cuestai was named by Perales-Gogenola et al. (2021). Its type specimen is MCNA 9948, a tooth (right M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zambrana, which is in a MP 18 lacustrine marl/limestone in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Leptolophus cuestai Perales-Gogenola et al.

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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()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
genusLeptolophusRemy 1965
speciescuestai

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.

†Leptolophus cuestai Perales-Gogenola et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: frugivoreg
Diet 2: folivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 02:18:13
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:12:05
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Legendre 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MP 18 or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1837.2 - 33.9Spain (Basque County) Leptolophus cuestai (type locality: 38817)