Isectolophidae

Isectolophidae
Rango temporal: Eoceno

Homogalax tapirinus.
Taxonomía
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Clase: Mammalia
Infraclase: Placentalia
Superorden: Laurasiatheria
Orden: Perissodactyla
(sin rango): Tapiroidea
Familia: Isectolophidae
Peterson, 1919
Géneros
  • Cardiolophus
  • Chowliia
  • Gandheralophus
  • Homogalax
  • Isectolophus (tipo)
  • Karagalax
  • Orientolophus
  • Paralophiodon
  • Sastrilophus
  • Systemodon

Los isectolófidos (Isectolophidae) son una familia extinguida de perisodáctilos tapiromorfos que vivieron durante el Eoceno. Sus restos fósiles han aparecido en Asia, Europa y Norteamérica. Podría tratarse de una familia parafilética.

Taxonomía

Cladograma simplificado según un análisis de Holbrook y Lapergola de 2011:[1]

 
 

†Mesolambdolophus

 
 
 
 
 
 

†Isectolophus

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

†Triplopus

 
 

†Hyrachius

 
 

†Protapirus

 
 
 

†Helaletes

 
 
 

†Heptodon

 
 
 
 
 

†Eomoropus

 
 

†Lophiaspis

 
 
 

†Lophiodon

 
 
 
 

†Homogalax

 
 
 
 

†Cardiolophus

 
 
 
 

†Orientolophus

 
 
 

†Cymbalophus

 
 

†Systemodon

 
 
 
 
 
 

Referencias

  1. ↑ Luke T. Holbrook and Joshua Lapergola (2011). «A new genus of perissodactyl (Mammalia) from the Bridgerian of Wyoming, with comments on basal perissodactyl phylogeny». Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 31 (4): 895-901. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.579669.
  • Maas, M.C., Hussain, S.T., Leinders, J.J.M., and Thewissen, J.G.M. 2001. A new isectolophid tapiroid (Mammalia) from the early Eocene of Pakistan. Journal of Paleontology 75: 407–417.
  • Lucas, S. G., Holbrook, L. T. & Emry, R. J., 2003: Isectolophus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Eocene of the Zaysan Basin, Kazakstan and its biochronological significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 23, #1, pp. 238-243.
  • Holbrook, L. T., Lucas, S. G. and Emery, R. 2004. Skulls of the Eocen perissodactyls (Mammalia) Homogalax and Isectolophus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24:951-956.
  • Tong, Y. and Wang, J. 2006. Fossil mammals from the early Eocene Wutu Formation of Shandong Province. Palaeontologia Sinica, new series C 192 (28): 1–195.
  • L. T. Holbrook and J. Lapergola. 2011. A new genus of perissodactyl (Mammalia) from the Bridgerian of Wyoming, with comments on basal perissodactyl phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(4):895-901.
  • Missiaen, P. and Gingerich, P.D. 2012. New early Eocene tapiromorph perissodactyls from the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan, with implications for mammalian biochronology in Asia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 (1): 21–34.