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Triplopus implicatus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyrachyus implicatus was named by Cope (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Washakie B (Lower), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Washakie Formation of Wyoming.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hyrachyus affinis by Troxell (1922); it was recombined as Ephyrachyus implicatus by Wood (1934); it was recombined as Triplopus implicatus by Radinsky (1967), McCarroll et al. (1996), Prothero (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. proficiens

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Hyrachyus implicatus Cope p. 5
1902Hyrachyus implicatus Hay p. 639
1927Eotrigonias petersoni Wood
1934Ephyrachyus implicatus Wood
1967Triplopus implicatus Radinsky
1996Triplopus implicatus McCarroll et al.
1998Triplopus implicatus Prothero p. 591

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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)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyHyracodontidaeCope 1879
genusTriplopus
speciesimplicatus()

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.

†Triplopus implicatus Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Eotrigonias petersoni Wood 1927 [synonym]
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: 2005-08-31 15:07:17
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:07:17
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Prothero 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Triplopus implicatus (16623)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Triplopus implicatus (16586)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Triplopus implicatus (type locality: 16648)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Triplopus implicatus (16589 16646 16659) Triplopus sp. (16656)