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Breviodon lumeiyiensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Taxonomy
Breviodon lumeiyiensis was named by Huang and Qi (1982). Its type specimen is IVPP V6512, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lumeiyi Village, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Lumeiyi Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. minutus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Breviodon lumeiyiensis Huang and Qi

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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()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
genusBreviodonRadinsky 1965
specieslumeiyiensis

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.

†Breviodon lumeiyiensis Huang and Qi 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: browsersubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:03:12
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:03:12
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Colbert and Schoch 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Yunnan) Breviodon lumeiyiensis (type locality: 174964)