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Progymnodon

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Taxonomy
Progymnodon was named by Dames (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Progymnodontinae by Tavani (1955); to Tetradontiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Diodontidae by Weems (1998), van der Laan (2019), Ebersole et al. (2019).

Species
P. hilgendorfi
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. hilgendorphi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Progymnodon Dames
1955Progymnodon Tavani p. 178
1998Progymnodon Weems p. 151
2002Progymnodon Sepkoski
2019Progymnodon Ebersole et al. p. 182
2019Progymnodon van der Laan p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyDiodontidaeBillberg 1833
genusProgymnodonDames 1883

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.

G. †Progymnodon Dames 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 59.24000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) P. hilgendorfi (152240)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) P. hilgendorphi (81266 81278 176944)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186846 186847 186851)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186845 186852)