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Parabrachyodus

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Parabrachyodus was named by Forster-Cooper (1915). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Anthracotheriidae by Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Wang and Qiu (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Parabrachyodus Forster-Cooper
1988Parabrachyodus Carroll
1997Parabrachyodus McKenna and Bell p. 406
2004Parabrachyodus Wang and Qiu p. 137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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()
Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
genusParabrachyodusForster-Cooper 1915

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. †Parabrachyodus Forster-Cooper 1915
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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 14:33:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:33:14
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Kron and Manning 1998

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the MN 3 or 33.90000 to 16.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Gansu) P. sp. (77998)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Pakistan (Baluchistan) P. hyopotamoides (180581) P. sp. (180578 180587)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan (Baluchistan) P. hyopotamoides (180597 180598 180604)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Pakistan (Balochistan) P. hyopotamoides (77779 77780)