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Progonomys cathalai

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Progonomys cathalai was named by Schaub (1938). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMB Montredon 584, a tooth (M1 sup. dext.). It is the type species of Progonomys.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. clauzoni, P. hussaini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Progonomys cathalai Schaub p. 19 figs. pl. 1, fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
genusProgonomysSchaub 1938
speciescathalaiSchaub 1938

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Progonomys cathalai Schaub 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 9 to the top of the MN 10 or 11.10000 to 8.70000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Progonomys cathalai (36977)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece (Biotia) Progonomys cathalai (205342)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Aragon) Progonomys cathalai (35302 35303 35304)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece (Crete) Progonomys cathalai (205362 205365)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece Progonomys cathalai (191070)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Morocco (Fes) Progonomys cathalai (35361)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria Progonomys cathalai (34644 34659)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria (Setif) Progonomys cathalai (35363)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Turkey Progonomys cathalai (176197)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Greece Progonomys cathalai (31223)
MN 10 - MN 119.7 - 7.75China (Shaanxi) Progonomys cathalai (78313 78314 78316 78317 78323)