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Protitan grangeri

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Protitanotherium grangeri was named by Osborn (1925). Its type specimen is AMNH 20103, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Protitan.

It was recombined as Protitan grangeri by Granger and Gregory (1943) and Mihlbachler (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Dolichorhinus olseni Osborn
1925Protitanotherium grangeri Osborn
1943Protitan grangeri Granger and Gregory
2008Protitan grangeri Mihlbachler p. 413

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeBrontotheriiniMarsh 1873
subtribeBrontotheriinaMarsh 1873
genusProtitan
speciesgrangeri(Osborn 1925)

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.

Protitan grangeri Osborn 1925
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Invalid names: Dolichorhinus olseni Osborn 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:53:16
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:53:16
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Mader 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available