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Prodinoceras martyr

Osteichthyes - Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Prodinoceras martyr was named by Matthew et al. (1929). Its type specimen is AMNH 21714, a partial skull (Crushed palate and lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gashato (AMNH), which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Khashat Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Prodinoceras.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Prodinoceras martyr Matthew et al.
1961Prodinoceras martyr Wheeler p. 22
1998Prodinoceras martyr Lucas and Schoch p. 286

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Uintatheriamorpha
orderDinocerata
familyProdinoceratidaeFlerov 1952
genusProdinoceras
speciesmartyr

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.

Prodinoceras martyr Matthew et al. 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-08-31 13:51:18
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:51:18
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lucas and Schoch 1998

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gashatan59.24 - 56.0China (Nei Mongol) Prodinoceras martyr (72203)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Mongolia (Omngov) Prodinoceras martyr (type locality: 133403)