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Griphodon
Taxonomy
Griphodon was named by Anthony (1924). Its type is Griphodon peruvianus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Propyrotherium by Lucas (1986).
It was assigned to Pyrotheriidae by Anthony (1924), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pyrotheria by Shockey and Anaya-Daza (2004).
It was synonymized subjectively with Propyrotherium by Lucas (1986).
It was assigned to Pyrotheriidae by Anthony (1924), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pyrotheria by Shockey and Anaya-Daza (2004).
Species
G. peruvianus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Griphodon Anthony |
| 1988 | Griphodon Carroll |
| 1997 | Griphodon McKenna and Bell p. 468 |
| 2004 | Griphodon Shockey and Anaya-Daza |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 38.00000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Eocene | Peru (Loreto) | G. peruvianus (186565) | |
| Priabonian - Rupelian | Peru (Loreto) | G. sp. (144474) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | G. sp. (199559 199561 199563) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Peru (Loreto) | G. sp. (176129) |