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Prodiacodon

Osteichthyes - Leptictidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Palaeolestes Matthew and Granger
1929Prodiacodon Matthew
1967Prodiacodon Van Valen
1997Prodiacodon McKenna and Bell
2015Prodiacodon Clemens

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
superorderLeptictida
familyLeptictidaeGill 1872
genusProdiacodon

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. †Prodiacodon Matthew 1929
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Invalid names: Diacodon pearcei Gazin 1956 [synonym]
†Prodiacodon crustulum Novacek 1977
†Prodiacodon furor Novacek 1977
†Prodiacodon paucus Secord 2008
†Prodiacodon tauricinerei Jepsen 1930
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Invalid names: Diacodon pineyensis Gazin 1952 [synonym]
Invalid names: Palaeolestes Matthew and Granger 1918 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-16 19:28:33
Modified: 2011-04-16 04:29:22
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Meehan and Martin 2010, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Puercan to the top of the Wasatchian or 66.00000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pu366.0 - 63.4USA (Montana) P. crustulum (183113)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (Montana) P. crustulum (14666 14759 14766 14799 14800 183112 183114 218653)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4Canada (Saskatchewan) P. sp. (14691 14768)
To263.4 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) P. furor (14894)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Diacodon concordiarcensis (14886) P. sp. (14897 14898 14900 14904 14905)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Montana) P. concordiarcensis, P. furor (14906)
Ti160.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) P. concordiarcensis, P. furor (14939)
Ti360.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (14992)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Diacodon pearcei (14989) P. concordarcensis (198263) P. concordiarcensis (15049 198264) P. concordiarcensis, P. furor (14936) P. paucus (15059) P. sp. (15034 26569) P. tauricinerei (15058 85096 190462)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (North Dakota) P. sp. (14976)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Montana) P. concordiarcensis, P. furor (15025)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (15024)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) P. tauricinerei (15085 15107 15159)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Colorado) P. sp. (15239)
Lysitean - Lostcabinian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (15451)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (15583)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (15446 15448) P. tauricinerei (15453)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (North Dakota) Palaeictops tauricinerei (15895)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Palaeictops tauricinerei (15455 15893 15932 16021 16055) P. sp. (15673 15729 15793 15897 118482) P. tauricinerei (15491 15493 15504 15505 15507 15510 15512 15514 15515 15516 15518 15520 15522 15531 15534 15544 15548 15555 15573 15577 15586)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Colorado) Palaeictops tauricinerei (15450 15480 15485 15660 15725 15845 15887) P. tauricinerei (15222 15225 15353 15391)