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Phenacolophidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3239502	https://www.gbif.org/species/3239502
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42301	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42301

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Phenacolophidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ungulata : Phenacolophidae

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
order	Ungulata
-	Altungulata	Prothero and Schoch 1989
family	Phenacolophidae	Zhang 1978

Scientific Name

Phenacolophidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Phenacolophidae	family	belongs to Pantodonta	stated with evidence	Zhang, 1978
Phenacolophidae	family	belongs to Condylarthra	implied	Carroll, 1988
Phenacolophidae	family	belongs to Altungulata	stated with evidence	Mao et al., 2015

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

61.7 - 55.8 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

Y.-P. Zhang. 1978. Two new genera of condylarthan phenacolophids from the Paleocene of Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 16(4):267-274

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ganolophus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	58.7 Ma Paleocene	58.7 Ma Paleocene
Minchenella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	61.7 Ma Paleocene	58.7 Ma Paleocene
Phenacolophus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	58.7 Ma Paleocene	58.7 Ma Paleocene
Sanshuilophus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Tienshanilophus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	58.7 Ma Paleocene	58.7 Ma Paleocene
Yuelophus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	61.7 Ma Paleocene	58.7 Ma Paleocene
Zaisanolophus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ganilophus lanikenensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1978	Phenacolophidae Zhang
1988	Phenacolophidae Carroll
2015	Phenacolophidae Mao et al.

References

Zhang Y.-P. (1978) Two new genera of condylarthan phenacolophids from the Paleocene of Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 16 4, 267-274

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

Mao F.-Y., Wang Y.-Q., et al (2015) New records of archaic ungulates from the Lower Eocene of Sanshui Basin, Guangdong, China, Historical Biology doi:10.1080/08912963.2015.1034120

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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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