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Duchesneodus âśť

Description

Duchesneodus is a large brontothere endemic to North America. It lived during the Late Eocene 40.4—37.2 mya, existing for approximately 3 million years. The skeletal characteristic of the mammal was defined by the dome size that was sexually in two distinct forms. The females had a lower but prominent dome while the males had larger domes.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4830384https://www.gbif.org/species/4830384
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43036https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43036
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Duchesneodus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Duchesneodus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
orderPerissodactyla
familyBrontotheriidae
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeBrontotheriiniMarsh 1873
subtribeBrontotheriinaMarsh 1873
-BrontotheriitaMarsh 1873
genusDuchesneodusLucas & Schoch 1982
Scientific NameDuchesneodus Lucas & Schoch, 1982
Name Published InJournal Paleont. 56 (4):
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Duchesneodusgenusbelongs to Brontotheridaestated with evidenceLucas and Schoch, 1982
Duchesneodusgenusbelongs to BrontotheridaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Duchesneodusgenusbelongs to Telmatheriinaestated without evidenceProthero and Schoch, 1989
Duchesneodusgenusbelongs to Brontotheriinaestated without evidenceMader, 1998
Duchesneodusgenusbelongs to Brontotheriitastated with evidenceMihlbachler, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance40.4 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser (based on Brontotheriidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. G. Lucas and R. M. Schoch. 1982. Duchesneodus, a New Name for Some Titanotheres (Perissodactyla, Brontotheriidae) from the Late Eocene of Western North America. Journal of Paleontology 56(4):1018-1023
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchesneodus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Teleodus uintensis âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2156.0 Ma
Paleocene
40.4 Ma
Eocene

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Teleodus californicus (Stock, 1935)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Duchesneodus : Teleodus californicus
Megacerops primitivus (Lambe, 1908)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Duchesneodus : Megacerops primitivus
Teleodus thyboi (Bjork, 1967)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Duchesneodus : Teleodus thyboi
Duchesneodus californicus (Stock, 1935)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Duchesneodus : Duchesneodus californicus
Teleodus primitivus (Lambe, 1908)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Duchesneodus : Teleodus primitivus
Duchesneodus primitivum (Lambe, 1908)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Duchesneodus : Duchesneodus primitivum
Duchesneodus thyboi (Bjork, 1967)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Duchesneodus : Duchesneodus thyboi

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1982Duchesneodus Lucas and Schoch
1988Duchesneodus Carroll
1989Duchesneodus Prothero and Schoch p. 537
1998Duchesneodus Mader p. 531
2008Duchesneodus Mihlbachler p. 413

References

Lucas S. G., Schoch R. M. (1982) Duchesneodus, a New Name for Some Titanotheres (Perissodactyla, Brontotheriidae) from the Late Eocene of Western North America, Journal of Paleontology 56 4, 1018-1023
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Prothero D. R., Schoch R. M. (1989) Classification of the Perissodactyla, The Evolution of Perissodactyla, 530-537
Mader B. J. (1998) Brontotheriidae, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1, 525-536
Mihlbachler M. C. (2008) Species taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia: Perissodactyla), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 311 1, 1-475 doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2008)501
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
Journal Paleont. 56 (4): - 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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