litopternn.

/lɪˈtɒptəːn/

Forms: Also litopternan.

Etymology: < modern Latin name of order Litopterna (F. Ameghino 1889, in Actas Acad. Nac. Córdoba VI. 492), < Greek λῑτός smooth + πτέρνη heel-bone.

Palaeontology.

An extinct South American ungulate mammal of the order so called.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [noun] > extinct types of (miscellaneous)

coryphodon1846

titanothere1863

Dinoceras1872

brontothere1877

coryphodont1880

titanotheroid1890

litoptern1927

titanotherian1927

1891 E. D. Cope in Amer. Naturalist 25 688 The articulation in the Litopterna is of ungulate character.]

1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xi. 243 (caption) Extinct South American Litopternan.

1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. xvi. 316 Small litopterns..present in the oldest known Tertiary beds of South America, had primitive bunodont cheek teeth.

1971 Nature 15 Jan. 172/1 In some mammals, tapirs, elephants, the extinct astropotheres, pyrotheres, and litopterns, the external nares are posterior and large.

Derivatives

litopternine adj.

/lɪˈtɒptɜːnaɪn/

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [adjective] > of or like extinct or fossil types

titanotherian1863

titanotheroid1907

litopternine1925

1925 C. R. Eastman tr. K. A. von Zittel Text-bk. Palaeontol. III. 123 The Litopternine suborder of ungulates is restricted to South America.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	litoptern
释义	litopternn. /lɪˈtɒptəːn/ Forms: Also litopternan. Etymology: < modern Latin name of order Litopterna (F. Ameghino 1889, in Actas Acad. Nac. Córdoba VI. 492), < Greek λῑτός smooth + πτέρνη heel-bone. Palaeontology. An extinct South American ungulate mammal of the order so called. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [noun] > extinct types of (miscellaneous) coryphodon1846 titanothere1863 Dinoceras1872 brontothere1877 coryphodont1880 titanotheroid1890 litoptern1927 titanotherian1927 1891 E. D. Cope in Amer. Naturalist 25 688 The articulation in the Litopterna is of ungulate character.] 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xi. 243 (caption) Extinct South American Litopternan. 1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. xvi. 316 Small litopterns..present in the oldest known Tertiary beds of South America, had primitive bunodont cheek teeth. 1971 Nature 15 Jan. 172/1 In some mammals, tapirs, elephants, the extinct astropotheres, pyrotheres, and litopterns, the external nares are posterior and large. Derivatives litopternine adj. /lɪˈtɒptɜːnaɪn/ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [adjective] > of or like extinct or fossil types titanotherian1863 titanotheroid1907 litopternine1925 1925 C. R. Eastman tr. K. A. von Zittel Text-bk. Palaeontol. III. 123 The Litopternine suborder of ungulates is restricted to South America. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1925
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