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Prototomus martis

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Prototomus martis was named by Gingerich and Deutsch (1989). Its type locality is FG-103, which is in a Wasatchian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. minor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Prototomus martis Gingerich and Deutsch
1996Prototomus martis 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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilySinopinae()
genusPrototomusCope 1874
speciesmartis

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.

†Prototomus martis 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: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:47:26
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:47:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Gunnell 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Gebo and Rose 1993

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Prototomus martis (15480 15485) Prototomus sp. (15225 15278 15290 15377 15388) Sinopa sp. (15887)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Prototomus martis (15586 15588 type locality: 15594 15623 15683 15695 15698 15727 15733 15754 15755 15756 15762 15763 15764 15770 15779 15790 15792 15796 15824 46639 46744 46792 46819) Prototomus sp. (15468)