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Pappaceras

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae

Taxonomy
Pappaceras was named by Wood (1963). Its type is Pappaceras confluens.

It was synonymized subjectively with Forstercooperia by Prothero and Schoch (1989).

It was assigned to Hyracodontidae by Radinsky (1966) and Carroll (1988); and to Forstercooperiinae by Wood (1963) and Wang et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Pappaceras Wood
1966Pappaceras Radinsky p. 635
1988Pappaceras Carroll
2016Pappaceras Wang et al.

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyParaceratheriidaeOsborn 1923
subfamilyForstercooperiinae
genusPappaceras

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. †Pappaceras Wood 1963
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Pappaceras confluens Wood 1963
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Invalid names: Forstercooperia huhebulakensis Qi 1987 [synonym]
Pappaceras meiomenus Wang et al. 2016
Pappaceras minuta Lucas et al. 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: browsersubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:03:12
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:03:12
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Colbert and Schoch 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Middle Eocene or 55.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arshantan56.0 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) P. confluens (72184)
Irdinmanhan56.0 - 37.71Kazakhstan Forstercooperia minuta (53657)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Nei Mongol) Forstercooperia huhebulakensis (174920) P. meiomenus (176542)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Henan) P. sp. (180777)