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Eotitanops dayi

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Eotitanops dayi was named by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958). Its type specimen is IPHG 1956 II 24, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ganda Kas, which is in a Lutetian marine mudstone in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Eotitanops dayi Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg p. 21 figs. Plate 2, Fig. 3-7, 8a-b, 9a-b
1987Eotitanops dayi Thewissen et al. p. 268
2001Eotitanops dayi Thewissen et al. p. 359

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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()
subfamilyEotitanopinaeOsborn 1913
genusEotitanopsOsborn 1907
speciesdayi

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 dayi Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Mader 1998

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Eotitanops dayi (28978)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (Punjab) Eotitanops dayi (type locality: 45529 87970 87971 87972)