| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Anthracotheriidae : Heptacodon : Heptacodon gibbiceps |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Anthracotheriidae : Heptacodon : Heptacodon gibbiceps |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Heptacodon |
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| Scientific Name | Heptacodon gibbiceps (Marsh, 1894) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Heptacodon gibbiceps | species | belongs to Heptacodon | stated without evidence | Marsh, 1894 | | Heptacodon gibbiceps | species | belongs to Anthracotherium | stated without evidence | Matthew, 1899 | | Heptacodon gibbiceps | species | belongs to Octacodon | stated with evidence | Troxell, 1921 | | Heptacodon gibbiceps | species | belongs to Octacodon | stated without evidence | Hay, 1930 | | Heptacodon gibbiceps | species | belongs to Heptacodon | stated with evidence | Scott, 1940 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 33.3 - 30.8 Ma
Oligocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 33.3 - 30.8 Ma
Oligocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | browser (based on Anthracotheriidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | O. C. Marsh. 1894. Miocene artiodactyles from the eastern Miohippus beds. American Journal of Science 48(284):175-178 |
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| Marsh O. C. Miocene artiodactyles from the eastern Miohippus beds, American Journal of Science 48 284, 175-178 doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-48.284.175 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Troxell E. L. (1921) The American bothriodonts, American Journal of Science 1 4, 325-339 doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-1.4.325 |
| Scott W. B. (1940) The mammalian fauna of the White River Oligocene; Part 4, Artiodactyla; Part 5, Perissodactyla, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 28 4, 363-746 |
| Macdonald J. R. (1956) The North American anthracotheres, Journal of Paleontology 30 3, 615-645 |
Heptacodon gibbiceps ✝
