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Paratoceras coatesi

Osteichthyes - Protoceratidae

Taxonomy
Paratoceras coatesi was named by Rincón et al. (2015). Its type specimen is UF 223585, a partial skull (incomplete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Escobar Hill, which is in a Hemingfordian delta plain sandstone in the Cucaracha Formation of Panama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Paratoceras coatesi Rincón et al. pp. e970688-12 figs. 8-10

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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
familyProtoceratidae
subfamilyProtoceratinae
genusParatoceras
speciescoatesi

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.

†Paratoceras coatesi Rincón et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:39:46
Modified: 2009-01-07 18:24:42
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Prothero 1998, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 18.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3Panama Paratoceras coatesi (89444 105889 142889)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3Panama (Panama) Paratoceras coatesi (type locality: 191975)