Biology:Anisolophus

Short description: Extinct genus of litopterns

Anisolophus Temporal range: Early Miocene-Middle Miocene (Santacrucian-Colloncuran) ~17.5–15.5 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Litopterna
Family:	†Proterotheriidae
Subfamily:	†Proterotheriinae
Genus:	†Anisolophus Burmeister, 1885
Type species
†Anchitherium australe Burmeister, 1879
Species
Anisolophus australis (Burmeister, 1879) Anisolophus floweri (Ameghino, 1887) Anisolophus minisculus (Roth, 1899)
Synonyms
Genus synonymy Licaphrium Ameghino, 1887 A. australis Anchitherium australe Burmeister, 1879 Proterotherium australe Ameghino, 1887 Proterotherium intermedium Ameghino, 1894 A. floweri Licaphrium floweri Ameghino, 1887 Licaphrium granatum Ameghino, 1894 Licaphrium pyramidatum Ameghino, 1904 Licaphrium proximum Ameghino, 1904 Licaphrium pyneanum Scott, 1910 A. minisculus Diadiaphorus minisculus Roth, 1899 Proterotherium dichotomum Ameghino, 1904 Licaphrops coalescens Ameghino, 1904

Anisolophus is an extinct genus of proterotheriid from the Early to Middle Miocene of Argentina . The genus was named by Burmeister in 1885 to accommodate the species Anchitherium australe, which they had named earlier in 1879. Soria then referred the species Licaphrium floweri and Anisolophus minisculus to the genus, making Licaphrium, named in 1887 by Florentino Ameghino, a junior synonym of the genus. Both A. australis and A. floweri are known from the Santacrucian age Santa Cruz Formation, while A. minisculus is known from the Collón Curá Formation.

Anisolophus is considered the senior synonym of the genus Licaphrium, which was named in 1887 by Ameghino for the species L. floweri, now A. floweri. Many other species of Licaphrium were named, many of which are considered synonyms of A. floweri, Tetramerorhinus, Neobrachytherium, or Lophogonodon, as well as the dubious Licaphrium debile, L. arenarum, L. intermissum, L. parvulum. Two invalid species of Anisolophus are known, A. fischeri, and A. acer, which are both dubious and also known as Diaphragmodon fischeri or Heptaconus acer.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q111838955 entry