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Loxolophus grangeri

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Protogonodon grangeri was named by Simpson (1936). Its type locality is Barrel Spring Arroyo (Taeniolabis Zone), which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.

It was synonymized subjectively with Loxolophus pentacus by Van Valen (1978) and Middleton (1983); it was synonymized subjectively with Loxolophus stenognathus by Williamson and Lucas (1993) and Williamson (1996); it was recombined as Loxolophus grangeri by Robison (1986) and Eberle and Lillegraven (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Protogonodon grangeri Simpson
1986Loxolophus grangeri Robison
1998Loxolophus grangeri Eberle and Lillegraven

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusLoxolophus
speciesgrangeri()

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.

Loxolophus grangeri Simpson 1936
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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: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:54:39
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:06:44
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available