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Triplopus cubitalis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Taxonomy
Triplopus cubitalis was named by Cope (1880) [genotype; possibly not original combination]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Washakie B (Lower), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Washakie Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Triplopus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Triplopus cubitalis Cope p. 383
1881Triplopus cubitalis Cope p. 383
1902Triplopus cubitalis Hay p. 640
1919Triplopus cubitalis Peterson p. 132
1998Triplopus cubitalis Prothero p. 591

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyHyracodontidaeCope 1879
genusTriplopus
speciescubitalis

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.

Triplopus cubitalis Cope 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available