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Prodeinotherium

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Prodeinotherium Ehik
1988Prodeinotherium Carroll
1996Prodeinotherium Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1997Prodeinotherium McKenna and Bell p. 498
2002Prodeinotherium Huttunen and Göhlich p. 490
2003Prodeinotherium Koufos et al.
2005Prodeinotherium Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2.1
2007Prodeinotherium Christiansen p. 427
2009Prodeinotherium Rasmussen and Gutierrez
2010Prodeinotherium Sanders et al. p. 180
2014Prodeinotherium Aiglstorfer 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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
superfamilyDeinotherioidea
familyDeinotheriidaeBonaparte 1845
genusProdeinotheriumEhik 1930

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. †Prodeinotherium Ehik 1930
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†Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831
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Invalid names: Dinotherium secundarium Lartet 1836 [synonym], Prodeinotherium cuvieri Kaup 1832 [synonym], Prodeinotherium hungaricum Ehik 1930 [synonym]
†Prodeinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911
†Prodeinotherium orlovii Sahni and Tripathi 1957
†Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae Falconer and Lydekker 1876
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 28.40000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kenya (Turkana) P. sp. (174662)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Kenya (Rift Valley) P. sp. (174664)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Greece (North Aegean) P. bavaricum (195540)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Dinotherium hobleyi (146600) P. hobleyi (70808)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Himachal Pradesh) P. orlovii (214538)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany Deinotherium bavaricum (70362)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Namibia P. hobleyi (70420 70421)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Deinotherium bavaricum (49102 69098 70359)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya P. hobleyi (38060)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97South Africa (Namaqualand) P. hobleyi (51190)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Northern Frontier District) P. bavaricum (122454)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India Deinotherium pentapotamiae (87723)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda Dinotherium hobleyi (192070)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France P. bavaricum (187580)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Pakistan (Balochistan) P. pentapotamiae (77779 77780)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.65France Deinotherium bavaricum (191823)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) Dinotherium cuvieri (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) P. pentapotamidae (69540)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya P. hobleyi (22069 22070 22071 22077 22078)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya (Nyanza) P. hobleyi (21338 21339)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Pakistan (Sind) Deinotherium pentapotamiae (71439 71442 71443 71444)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) Deinotherium bavaricum (148396)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Deinotherium bavaricum (45599)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Deinotherium bavaricum (31316)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Deinotherium bavaricum (148401)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) P. bavaricum (180192)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria P. bavaricum (51002)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Deinotherium bavaricum (32071 32072)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Kenya P. hobleyi (22303)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Jammu and Kashmir) P. sp. (11797)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Nepal Deinotherium pentapotamiae (48681 48699 48712)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Pakistan (Chakwal) Deinotherium pentapotamiae (225195)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Greece (North Aegean) Deinotherium bavaricum (182752)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France (Gers) Deinotherium bavaricum (143472)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Namibia P. hobleyi (21855)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Deinotherium bavaricum (142149)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Pakistan (Sind) Deinotherium pentapotamiae (71447 71449 71450 71451)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) P. bavaricum (69711)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bavaria) P. bavaricum (73996)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Deinotherium bavaricum (45611)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Deinotherium bavaricum (46277)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Catalonia) Deinotherium bavaricum (176268)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) P. sp. (144187)