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Metatelmatherium ultimum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Telmatherium ultimum was named by Osborn (1908). Its type locality is Kennedy's Hole, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Metatelmatherium ultimum by Granger and Gregory (1938), Granger and Gregory (1943), Mader (1989), Mader (2008) and Mihlbachler (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. browni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Telmatherium ultimum Osborn
1909Manteoceras uintensis Douglass
1938Metatelmatherium ultimum Granger and Gregory
1943Metatelmatherium ultimum Granger and Gregory
1989Metatelmatherium ultimum Mader
2008Metatelmatherium ultimum Mader p. 8
2008Metatelmatherium ultimum 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
genusMetatelmatherium
speciesultimum()

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.

†Metatelmatherium ultimum Osborn 1908
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Invalid names: Manteoceras uintensis Douglass 1909 [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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Mader 1998

Age range: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Metatelmatherium ultimum (type locality: 16589)