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Dilophodon minusculus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Dilophodon minusculus was named by Scott (1883) [genotype]. Its type specimen is YPM-PU 10019, a mandible (a portion of the lower jaw, embracing the right ramus with the entire molar series and the symphysis, but lacking the canines and incisors), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Helaletes minusculus by Osborn (1889), Osborn and Wortman (1892), Wortman and Earle (1893), Matthew (1899), Hay (1902).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Dilophodon minusculus Scott p. 51 figs. Plate V, Fig. 4
1889Helaletes minusculus Osborn
1892Helaletes minusculus Osborn and Wortman
1893Helaletes minusculus Wortman and Earle
1899Helaletes minusculus Matthew
1902Helaletes minusculus Hay p. 626
1909Dilophodon minusculus Matthew
1919Dilophodon minusculus Peterson p. 113
1922Dilophodon minusculus Troxell
1923Dilophodon minusculus Osborn p. 2
1963Dilophodon minusculus Radinsky
1989Dilophodon minusculus Schoch
1996Dilophodon minusculus McCarroll et al.
1998Dilophodon minusculus Colbert and Schoch

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusDilophodon
speciesminusculus

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.

†Dilophodon minusculus Scott 1883
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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: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:13:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Dilophodon minusculus (16630 16648)