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Triplopus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Triplopus Cope
1881Triplopus Cope p. 382
1883Triplopus Scott p. 53
1902Triplopus Hay p. 640
1913Triplopus Scott p. 291
1919Triplopus Peterson p. 138
1927Eotrigonias Wood
1945Triplopus Simpson
1966Eotrigonias Radinsky p. 635
1966Triplopus Radinsky p. 635
1988Triplopus Carroll
1989Triplopus Prothero and Schoch p. 535
1998Triplopus Prothero p. 591
1999Triplopus Holbrook p. 346
2016Triplopus Wang et al.
2020Triplopus Lofgren et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
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

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.

G. †Triplopus Cope 1880
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Triplopus cubitalis Cope 1880
Triplopus implicatus Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Eotrigonias petersoni Wood 1927 [synonym]
Triplopus mergenensis Dashzeveg 1991
Triplopus obliquidens Scott and Osborn 1887
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Invalid names: Prothyracodon intermedium Scott and Osborn 1887 [synonym], Triplopus grangeri Wood 1927 [synonym]
Triplopus woodi Stock 1936
Invalid names: Eotrigonias Wood 1927 [synonym]
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 15:07:17
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:07:17
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Prothero 1998, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arshantan48.6 - 37.2Kazakhstan T. sp. (31009)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Mongolia T. mergenensis (174909)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2China (Nei Mongol) T. proficiens (28792) T. progressus (174721)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) T. implicatus (16586)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Colorado) T. implicatus (16623)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Wyoming) T. obliquidens (186965 186968) T. sp. (93087)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Utah) T. sp. (109166)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) T. sp. (16542 16614)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (California) T. woodi (16585)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Montana) T. rhinocerhinus (16551)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (California) T. woodi (16615)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Wyoming) T. cubitalis (202167) T. cubitalis, T. implicatus (16648)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Utah) Prothyracodon obliquidens (16607) T. implicatus (16659) T. implicatus, T. obliquidens (16589 16646) T. obliquidens (16594 16654) T. rhinocerinus (16592) T. sp. (222805) T. sp., T. sp. (16656)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) T. sp. (16605 16634)
Late/Upper Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.2USA (Montana) T. rhinocerinus (230860)
Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.2USA (California) T. woodi (16800 16801)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0China (Henan) T. proficiens (177036)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2USA (California) T. woodi (16806)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Xinjiang) T. sp., T. jeminaiensis (175250)