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Proterotherium
Taxonomy
Proterotherium was named by Ameghino (1883). Its type is Proterotherium cervioides.
It was assigned to Proterotherini by Ameghino (1891); to Proterotheridae by Ameghino (1894); and to Proterotheriidae by Scott (1913), Rovereto (1914) and Carroll (1988).
It was assigned to Proterotherini by Ameghino (1891); to Proterotheridae by Ameghino (1894); and to Proterotheriidae by Scott (1913), Rovereto (1914) and Carroll (1988).
Species
Diadiaphorus caniadensis, Diadiaphorus coelops, Diadiaphorus diplinthius, Diadiaphorus eversus (syn. Coelosoma eversa), Diadiaphorus majusculus (syn. Oreomeryx rutimeyeri, Bunodontherium patagonicum), Diadiaphorus minusculus, Diadiaphorus robustus, Diadiaphorus sanctaecrucis, Diadiaphorus velox, Epitherium laternarium, Heptaconus acer, P. acer, P. americanum, P. australe (syn. Tetramerorhinus mixtum), P. brachygnathum, P. browni, P. cavum (syn. Oreomeryx superbus, Thoatherium periculorum, Anomodontherium montanum, Oreomeryx propius), P. cervioides (type species), P. cingulatum, P. curtidens, P. dichotomum, P. divortium, P. dogei, P. intermedium, P. karaikense, P. mixtum, P. nitens, P. perpolitum, P. politum, P. principale, P. pyramidatum, P. simplicidens, Tichodon quadrilobus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1883 | Proterotherium Ameghino p. 89 |
| 1887 | Diadiaphorus Ameghino |
| 1888 | Epitherium Ameghino pp. 15-16 |
| 1891 | Proterotherium Ameghino p. 10 |
| 1891 | Diadiaphorus Ameghino p. 11 |
| 1891 | Anomodontherium Mercerat |
| 1891 | Bunodontherium Mercerat |
| 1891 | Oreomeryx Mercerat |
| 1893 | Diaphragmodon Mercerat |
| 1894 | Proterotherium Ameghino p. 34 |
| 1894 | Tichodon Ameghino p. 42 |
| 1894 | Heptaconus Ameghino p. 44 |
| 1894 | Diadiaphorus Ameghino p. 45 |
| 1894 | Diadiaphorus Lydekker p. 58 |
| 1894 | Epitherium Lydekker p. 61 |
| 1913 | Diadiaphorus Scott p. 489 |
| 1913 | Epitherium Scott p. 489 |
| 1913 | Proterotherium Scott p. 489 |
| 1914 | Proterotherium Rovereto p. 50 |
| 1914 | Epitherium Rovereto p. 127 |
| 1988 | Diadiaphorus Carroll |
| 1988 | Proterotherium Carroll |
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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. †Proterotherium Ameghino 1883
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†Proterotherium acer Ameghino 1894
†Proterotherium americanum Bravard 1858
†Proterotherium australe Burmeister 1879
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Invalid names: Tetramerorhinus mixtum Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
†Proterotherium brachygnathum Ameghino 1894
†Proterotherium browni Scott 1910
†Proterotherium cavum Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Anomodontherium montanum Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Oreomeryx propius Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Oreomeryx superbus Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Thoatherium periculorum Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
†Proterotherium cervioides Ameghino 1883
†Proterotherium cingulatum Ameghino 1891
†Proterotherium curtidens Ameghino 1891
†Proterotherium dichotomum Ameghino 1904
†Proterotherium divortium Ameghino 1894
†Proterotherium dogei Scott 1910
†Proterotherium intermedium Ameghino 1894
†Proterotherium karaikense Ameghino 1904
†Proterotherium mixtum Ameghino 1894
†Proterotherium nitens Ameghino 1894
†Proterotherium perpolitum Ameghino 1894
†Proterotherium politum Ameghino 1904
†Proterotherium principale Ameghino 1894
†Proterotherium pyramidatum Ameghino 1894
†Proterotherium simplicidens Rovereto 1914
Invalid names: Anomodontherium Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Diadiaphorus Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Diaphragmodon Mercerat 1893 [synonym], Heptaconus Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Oreomeryx Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Tichodon Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 29.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (34 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Deseadan | Uruguay (Canelones) | P. berroi (176488) | |
| Burdigalian | Chile (Aisén) | P. sp. (71843) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Anisolophus australis (176574 176590) Anisolophus australis, Tetramerorhinus mixtum (176598) Diadiaphorus majusculus (27313 142529 210638 210787) Diadiaphorus majusculus, Anisolophus australis (176570 210786) Diadiaphorus majusculus, Tetramerorhinus mixtum (176576) Diadiaphorus mayusculus (207604) Diadiaphorus robustus, Tetramerorhinus mixtum, Diadiaphorus majusculus (142533) Diadiaphorus sp. (176571 176578 176636 210154) Diadiaphorus sp., Diadiaphorus caniadensis (59332) Diadiaphorus sp., P. cavum (176600) P. cavum (176641) P. cavum, Diadiaphorus robustus (176599 176601) P. intermedium (206236 206237) P. sp. (207605) Tetramerorhinus mixtum (210153) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Anoplotherium americanum (13626) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | P. sp. (55602) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | P. cervioides, Coelosoma eversa (55600) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Catamarca) | Diadiaphorus sp. (157794) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Epitherium laternarium (61302 198863) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | P. sp. (213138) |