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Liotomus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae

Taxonomy
Liotomus was named by Cope (1884). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptilodontidae by Simpson (1929); and to Cimolodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Liotomus Cope
1929Liotomus Simpson p. 11
1997Liotomus McKenna and Bell
2001Liotomus Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 418

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyCimolodontidaeMarsh 1889
genusLiotomusCope 1884

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. †Liotomus Cope 1884
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Liotomus marshi Cope 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsubo
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-11 16:53:29
Modified: 2005-09-11 18:53:29
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Gunnell et al. 1995, Hendy et al. 2009, Krause 1982, Carroll 1988

Age range: Thanetian or 59.20000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) L. marshi (137125)