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Paratoceras

Osteichthyes - Protoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Paratoceras Frick
1981Paratoceras Webb p. 363
1988Paratoceras Carroll
1998Paratoceras Prothero p. 435
2003Paratoceras Webb et al. p. 349
2007Paratoceras Prothero and Ludtke p. 173

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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

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. †Paratoceras Frick 1937
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Paratoceras coatesi Rincón et al. 2015
Paratoceras macadamsi Frick 1937
Paratoceras orarius Rincón et al. 2015
Paratoceras tedfordi Webb et al. 2003
Paratoceras wardi Patton and Taylor 1973
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: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Prothero 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Clarendonian or 23.04000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5Panama (Panama) P. tedfordi (152378)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (North Carolina) P. wardi (71651)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) P. tedfordi (35575)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3Mexico (Oaxaca) P. sp. (18744)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3Panama (Panama City) P. wardi (144879)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3Panama (Panama) P. coatesi (191975)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3Panama P. coatesi (89444 105889 142889) P. orarius (96702) P. sp. (18725)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) P. wardi (18665)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) P. macadamsi (18244)