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Prototomus girardoti
Taxonomy
Prototomus girardoti was named by Smith and Smith (2001). Its type specimen is IRSNB M1297, a tooth (RM/1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dormaal, which is in a Ypresian fluvial sandstone in the Tienen Formation of Belgium.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Prototomus girardoti Smith and Smith |
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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.
†Prototomus girardoti Smith and Smith 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Gunnell 1998, Gebo and Rose 1993 | |||||
Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | France (Oise) | Hyaenodontidae indet. (68174) | |
| Ypresian | France | Prototomus girardoti (125597) | |
| Ypresian | France (Marne) | Prototomus girardoti (35537) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Prototomus girardoti (38868) | |
| Ypresian | Belgium (Brabant) | Prototomus girardoti (type locality: 35531) |