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Plagiolophus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Plagiolophus Pomel
1986Plagiolophus Hooker p. 353
1989Plagiolophus Prothero and Schoch p. 532
2000Plagiolophus Astibia et al. p. 243
2000Plagiolophus Remy p. 490
2002Plagiolophus Badiola et al. p. 842
2017Plagiolophus Remy

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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()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
subfamilyPalaeotheriinae()
genusPlagiolophusPomel 1847

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. †Plagiolophus Pomel 1847
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†Plagiolophus cartailhaci Stehlin 1904
†Plagiolophus codiciensis Gaudry 1865
†Plagiolophus curtisi Hooker 1986
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†Plagiolophus markgrafi Lőrenthey 1907
†Plagiolophus ministri Brunet and Jehenne 1989
†Plagiolophus minor Cuvier 1804
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 30 kgg
Minimum body mass: 30 kgg
Body mass estimate: 30 kg
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: frugivoreg
Diet 2: folivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: Diet inferred from tooth morphologyg
Created: 2005-09-01 02:14:18
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:26:56
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Legendre 1988, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the MP 21 or 47.80000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Paraplagiolophus codiciensis (24201)
MP 1448.6 - 40.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) P. sp. (184174)
MP 15 - MP 1648.6 - 37.2Spain (Salamanca) P. sp. (40892)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France P. carteri (184468)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Zamora) P. sp. (41073 41078)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Tarn) P. minor (78243)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) P. sp. (31720 31721 31722)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) P. curtisi (32915) P. sp. (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) P. annectens (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland P. annectens (31742)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Occitanie) P. annectens (184178) P. annectens, P. cartailhaci (184190)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France P. annectens (3721 183349)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) P. annectens, P. cartailhaci, P. mamertensis (183350) P. annectens, P. mamertensis (31736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) P. sp. (177582)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) P. sp. (40358)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria P. minor (103742)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) P. annectens (12842 31635 31745 31766 184196) P. minor (12843 12852) P. sp. (12849)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) P. annectens (31756)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) P. oweni, P. annectens, P. minor (31747)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) P. annectens (31724 31757 31760 31761)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon) P. annectens (31759)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Paloplotherium sp., Paloplotherium annectens (39643) P. annectens (184758) P. major (184762) P. minor (184760)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain P. annectens (31750)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Paloplotherium minus (12848)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) P. annectens (31751)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Gard) P. sp. (206249)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Spain (Castilla y Leon) Paloplotherium minus (40883)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) P. annectens (12850)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) P. annectens (9071 9074 38862 40030) P. minor (41652)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France P. annectens (187575)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Switzerland (Canton berna) P. annectens (182807)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) P. annectens (184193)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Occitanie) P. annectens (184197) P. sp., P. minor (183976)
MP 17A - MP 17B37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Paloplotherium indet. (28747)
MP 18 - MP 1937.2 - 33.9France (Allier) P. minor (143459)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Germany P. minor (36984)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Auvergne Region) P. minor (31767)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France P. fraasi (69805)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Aquitaine) P. ovinus (153740)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Spain (Cataluña) P. sp. (212248)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France P. minor (183452)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d?Azur) P. huerzeleri (73965)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Switzerland (Canton Basel-Landschaft) P. ministri (182622)