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Eotitanops borealis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeosyops borealis was named by Cope (1880).

It was recombined as Telmatotherium borealis by Osborn (1897); it was recombined as Telmatherium boreale by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Titanops borealis by Peterson (1914); it was recombined as Eotitanops borealis by Osborn (1907), Osborn (1908), Osborn (1913), Osborn (1929), Robinson (1966), West (1973), Mader (1989), Gunnell et al. (1992), Mader (1998), Gunnell and Yarborough (2000), Mihlbachler (2008) and Mader (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Palaeosyops borealis Cope p. 746
1881Lambdotherium brownianum Cope p. 196
1891Palaeosyops borealis Earle p. 111
1897Telmatotherium borealis Osborn
1902Telmatherium boreale Hay p. 631
1907Eotitanops borealis Osborn
1908Eotitanops borealis Osborn
1908Eotitanops brownianus Osborn
1913Eotitanops borealis Osborn
1913Eotitanops brownianus Osborn
1913Eotitanops major Osborn
1913Eotitanops princeps Osborn
1914Titanops borealis Peterson
1919Eotitanops brownianus Osborn p. 563
1929Eotitanops borealis Osborn
1929Eotitanops brownianus Osborn
1966Eotitanops borealis Robinson
1973Eotitanops borealis West
1980Palaeosyops borealis Wallace
1989Eotitanops borealis Mader
1992Eotitanops borealis Gunnell et al.
1998Eotitanops borealis Mader
2000Eotitanops borealis Gunnell and Yarborough
2008Eotitanops borealis Mihlbachler p. 413
2010Eotitanops borealis Mader

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyEotitanopinaeOsborn 1913
genusEotitanopsOsborn 1907
speciesborealis()

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.

†Eotitanops borealis Cope 1880
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Invalid names: Eotitanops brownianus Cope 1881 [synonym], Eotitanops major Osborn 1913 [synonym], Eotitanops princeps Osborn 1913 [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: 2005-08-31 14:53:16
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:53:16
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Mader 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Bridgerian or 55.80000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Eotitanops borealis (15998 15999)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Eotitanops borealis (15454 15486 15902) Palaeosyops borealis (15904 15909)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Eotitanops borealis, Eotitanops brownianus (15651)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Eotitanops borealis (16212) Palaeosyops borealis (16204 16207 16388 16397 16415 16450)