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Tetramerorhinus prosistens

Osteichthyes - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Taxonomy
Proterotherium prosistens was named by Ameghino (1899). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MACN A 11626, maxillae with right P4-M3, left P3-4 and M2-3, right mandible with, a skull.

It was recombined as Tetramerorhinus prosistens by Kramarz and Bond (2005).

Entered
by D. Croft on 2006-03-31; modified by D. Croft on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Diadiaphorus zamius Ameghino
1899Heptaconus obcallatus Ameghino
1899Proterotherium prosistens Ameghino
2005Tetramerorhinus prosistens Kramarz and Bond pp. 617-618

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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
genusTetramerorhinus
speciesprosistens(Ameghino 1899)

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.

†Tetramerorhinus prosistens Ameghino 1899
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Invalid names: Diadiaphorus zamius Ameghino 1899 [synonym], Heptaconus obcallatus Ameghino 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available