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Duchesneodus uintensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Teleodus uintensis was named by Peterson (1931). Its type locality is Titanothere Quarry, which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Duchesne River Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Duchesneodus.

It was recombined as Duchesneodus uintensis by Lucas and Schoch (1982), Wilson and Stevens (1986), Lucas and Schoch (1989), Mader (1989) and Mihlbachler (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Teleodus uintensis Peterson
1982Duchesneodus uintensis Lucas and Schoch p. 1022
1986Duchesneodus uintensis Wilson and Stevens
1989Duchesneodus uintensis Lucas and Schoch
1989Duchesneodus uintensis Mader
2008Duchesneodus uintensis Mihlbachler p. 413

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeBrontotheriiniMarsh 1873
subtribeBrontotheriinaMarsh 1873
—BrontotheriitaMarsh 1873
genusDuchesneodus
speciesuintensis()

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.

†Duchesneodus uintensis Peterson 1931
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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: 2005-08-31 14:53:16
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:53:16
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Mader 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Duchesnean or 55.80000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Utah) Teleodus uintensis (16859)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (South Dakota) Teleodus thyboi (16823 16825)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (California) Brontotheriidae indet. (16850) Duchesneodus californicus (16803 16806 16808 16812) Duchesneodus uintensis (16844) Teleodus californicus (16810)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) Duchesneodus sp. (16835 16838) Duchesneodus uintensis (16855 16856 16857) Teleodus sp. (16828)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (New Mexico) Teleodus uintensis (16866 16869 16875)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Utah) Teleodus uintensis (type locality: 16861)