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Prodremotherium elongatum

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Prodremotherium elongatum was named by Filhol (1877). Its type specimen is MNHN Qu4769 and 4646 (syntypes), a partial skull (Mandible and m), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (old collections - Oligocene), which is in an Oligocene/Oligocene karst phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Prodremotherium elongatum Filhol
2001Prodremotherium elongatum Vislobokova p. S138

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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
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
genusProdremotheriumFilhol 1877
specieselongatumFilhol 1877

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MP 28 to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Prodremotherium elongatum (type locality: 184039)
MP 27 - MP 2827.3 - 23.04France Prodremotherium elongatum (183543)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Prodremotherium elongatum (36715 184040)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Puy-de-Dôme) Prodremotherium elongatum (179177)