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Parabrontops lunanensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Parabrontops lunanensis was named by Chow and Hu (1959) [A complete skull slightly crushed, but very well preserved with nearly complete upper teeth]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lunan beds, Anren village, Lunan, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Lumeiyi Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Parabrontops lunanensis Chow and Hu

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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()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeBrontotheriiniMarsh 1873
subtribeBrontotheriinaMarsh 1873
—BrontotheriitaMarsh 1873
genusParabrontops
specieslunanensis

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†Parabrontops lunanensis Chow and Hu 1959
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Chow and C. C. Hu 1959A titanothere of moderate size; skull highly brachycephalic, with strongly expanded zygomatic arches; naso-frontal horns well developed, blunt-topped and subcircular in cross section; nasal bones short and narrow anteriorly, cranial region of skull broad and sharply constricted posteriorly: upper dentition - 2.1.4.3; upper incisors much reduced, post-canine diastema short, premolars relatively small.