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Pseudoprotoceras

Mammalia - Protoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoprotoceras was named by Cook (1934).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poabromylus by Wilson (1974).

It was assigned to Protoceratinae by Prothero (1998) and Webb et al. (2003); and to Protoceratidae by Cook (1934), Scott (1940), Emry and Storer (1981), Carroll (1988) and Prothero and Ludtke (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Pseudoprotoceras Cook p. 149
1940Pseudoprotoceras Scott p. 562
1981Pseudoprotoceras Emry and Storer
1988Pseudoprotoceras Carroll
1998Pseudoprotoceras Prothero p. 434
2003Pseudoprotoceras Webb et al. p. 362
2007Pseudoprotoceras Prothero and Ludtke p. 172

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
familyProtoceratidae
genusPseudoprotoceras

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. †Pseudoprotoceras Cook 1934
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†Pseudoprotoceras minor Wilson 1974
†Pseudoprotoceras taylori Emry and Storer 1981
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: Lillegraven 1979, Prothero 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Middle Chadronian to the top of the Duchesnean or 37.20000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) Poabromylus minor (16828 16830)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) P. sp. (16845)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (New Mexico) Poabromylus minor (16873)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) P. longinaris (16918 16930 16940 16941 17014 17033)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Poabromylus kayi (16885 16938) Poabromylus minor (17006)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) P. sp. (16979)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) P. longinaris (16963 16964) P. longinaris, P. minor (17045) P. taylori (16966)
Late/Upper Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) P. longinaris (85117)
Middle Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) P. sp. (16928)
Middle Chadronian - Late/Upper Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) P. longinaris (156988)