Mammalia - Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Bathyopsoides harrisorum, Prodinoceras harrisorum
Synonyms: Probathyopsis newbilli Patterson 1939, Prodinoceras newbilli Patterson 1939
Full reference: B. Patterson. 1939. New Pantodonta and Dinocerata from the upper Paleocene of Western Colorado. Field Mueum of Natural History Geological Series 6(24):351-384
Belongs to Probathyopsis according to J. G. M. Thewissen and P. D. Gingerich 1987
See also Kihm 1984, Lucas and Schoch 1998, Patterson 1939 and Wheeler 1961
Sister taxa: Probathyopsis lysitensis, Probathyopsis praecursor, Probathyopsis sinyuensis
Type specimens:
- Probathyopsis harrisorum: Its type locality is Coffee Pot, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado
- Probathyopsis newbilli: FMNH P15549, a mandible. Its type locality is Coffee Pot, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cf2 of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Cf1 of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (14: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (17: Wyoming)
Total: 33 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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