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Paralophiodon ✝

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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4830545	https://www.gbif.org/species/4830545
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	43101	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43101

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Isectolophidae : Paralophiodon

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Lophiodontidae : Paralophiodon

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
order	Perissodactyla
-	Tapiromorpha
-	Ancylopoda
superfamily	Chalicotherioidea	Gill 1872
family	Lophiodontidae	Gill 1872
genus	Paralophiodon	Dedieu 1977

Scientific Name

Paralophiodon Dedieu, 1977

Name Published In

C. r. hebd. Seanc. Acad. Sci., Paris (D) 284:

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Paralophiodon	genus	belongs to Isectolophidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Paralophiodon	genus	belongs to Lophiodontidae	stated without evidence	Prothero and Schoch, 1989
Paralophiodon	genus	belongs to Lophiodontidae	stated with evidence	Robinet et al., 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Lophiodontidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

folivore (based on Lophiodontidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lophiodon baroensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lophiodon buxovillanum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Paralophiodon baroensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Paralophiodon buchsowillanum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1977	Paralophiodon Dedieu
1977	Rhinocerolophiodon Fischer
1988	Paralophiodon Carroll
1988	Rhinocerolophiodon Carroll
1989	Paralophiodon Prothero and Schoch p. 532
2015	Paralophiodon Robinet et al.

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Fischer K.-H. (1977) Neue Funde von Rhinocerolophiodon (n. gen.), Lophiodon und Hyrachyus (Ceratomorpha, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) aus dem Eozän des Geiseltals bei Halle (DDR); Teil 1: Rhinocerolophiodon. (New fossils of Rhinocerolophiodon (n. gen.), Lophiodon and Hyrachyus from the Eocene of the Geiseltal, Halle (DDR); first part: Rhinocerolophiodon), Zeitschrift der geologischen Wissenschaften, Berlin 5 7, 909-919

Prothero D. R., Schoch R. M. (1989) Classification of the Perissodactyla, The Evolution of Perissodactyla, 530-537

Robinet C., Remy J. A., et al (2015) A new genus of Lophiodontidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the early Eocene of La Borie (Southern France) and the origin of the genus Lophiodon Cuvier, 1822, Geobios 48, 25-38

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

C. r. hebd. Seanc. Acad. Sci., Paris (D) 284: - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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