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Protoplotus

Osteichthyes - Pelecaniformes - Protoplotidae

Taxonomy

Protoplotus was named by Lambrecht (1931).

It was assigned to Anhingidae by Lambrecht (1931), Lambrecht (1933), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988); and to Protoplotidae by van Tets et al. (1989), Mayr (2009).

Species

P. beauforti

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1931	Protoplotus Lambrecht
1933	Protoplotus Lambrecht p. 298
1985	Protoplotus Olson p. 206
1988	Protoplotus Carroll
1989	Protoplotus van Tets et al.
2009	Protoplotus Mayr p. 62

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Aequornithes
—	Feraequornithes
superorder	Pelecanimorphae	Huxley 1867
order	Pelecaniformes	Sharpe 1891
family	Protoplotidae
genus	Protoplotus

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. †Protoplotus Lambrecht 1931

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†Protoplotus beauforti Lambrecht 1931

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

solitaryo

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2017-04-17 10:40:27

Modified:

2017-04-17 10:40:27

Source: subo = suborder, o = order

References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Eocene or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Paleocene - Eocene	66.0 - 33.9	Indonesia (Sumatra)	P. beauforti (142350)