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Proterotheriinae

Osteichthyes - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Taxonomy
Proterotheriinae was named by Ameghino (1885). It is the type subfamily of Proterotheriidae.

It was assigned to Proterotheriidae by Cifelli (1983), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Proterotheriinae Ameghino
1983Proterotheriinae Cifelli
1997Proterotheriinae McKenna and Bell p. 454

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
suborderLitopterna(Ameghino 1889)
familyProterotheriidaeAmeghino 1887
subfamilyProterotheriinaeAmeghino 1885
subfamilyProterotheriinaeAmeghino 1885

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.

Subfm. †Proterotheriinae Ameghino 1885
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G. †Brachytherium Ameghino 1883
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Brachytherium cuspidatum Ameghino 1883
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Invalid names: Epitherium paranensis Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Licaphrium mesopotamiense de Blanchini and Blanchini 1971 [synonym], Lophogonodon gradatum Ameghino 1891 [synonym]
Brachytherium cuspidatus Ameghino 1883
Brachytherium gradatum Ameghino 1891
Brachytherium morenoi Rovereto 1914
G. †Neobrachytherium Soria 2001
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Neobrachytherium intermedium Moreno and Mercerat 1891
Neobrachytherium morenoi Rovereto 1914
G. †Pseudobrachytherium Corona et al. 2020
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Pseudobrachytherium breve Corona et al. 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available