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Lophiodon leptorhynchum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae

Taxonomy
Lophiodon leptorhynchum was named by Filhol (1888). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. sanmoralense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Lophiodon leptorhynchum Filhol
1986Lophiodon leptorhynchum Hooker p. 374
2004Lophiodon leptorhynchum Franzen p. 218

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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)
—Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyLophiodontidaeGill 1872
subfamilyLophiodontinae
genusLophiodonCuvier 1822
speciesleptorhynchumFilhol 1888

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.

†Lophiodon leptorhynchum Filhol 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: folivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 02:19:22
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:15:49
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Legendre 1988, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Lophiodon leptorhynchum (31717)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Lophiodon leptorhynchum (24201)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Aude) Lophiodon leptorhynchum (78238)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Aude) Lophiodon leptorhynchum (78251 78255 78257 78258)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Herault) Lophiodon leptorhynchum (78252 78253)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Herault) Lophiodon leptorhynchum (78248)