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Prolimnocyon haematus

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Prolimnocyon haematus was named by Gingerich and Deutsch (1989). Its type locality is SC-54, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Prolimnocyon haematus Gingerich and Deutsch
1996Prolimnocyon haematus Polly

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
subfamilyLimnocyoninae
genusProlimnocyon
specieshaematus

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.

†Prolimnocyon haematus Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:53:41
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:53:41
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gebo and Rose 1993, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Prolimnocyon atavus (15493 15912 15932 16021 16055) Prolimnocyon haematus (15727 15733 15736 type locality: 15756 15762 15765 15779 15787 15788 15792 15793 15796 15813)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Prolimnocyon haematus (15480 15485)