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Probathyopsis harrisorum

Osteichthyes - Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Bathyopsoides harrisorum was named by Patterson (1939) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coffee Pot, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado.

It was synonymized subjectively with Prodinoceras newbilli by Kihm (1984); it was recombined as Probathyopsis harrisorum by Thewissen and Gingerich (1987); it was recombined as Prodinoceras harrisorum by Lucas and Schoch (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Probathyopsis newbilli Patterson
1939Bathyopsoides harrisorum Patterson p. 374
1939Probathyopsis newbilli Patterson p. 378
1961Probathyopsis newbilli Wheeler p. 21
1961Bathyopsoides harrisorum Wheeler p. 22
1984Prodinoceras newbilli Kihm
1987Probathyopsis harrisorum Thewissen and Gingerich
1998Prodinoceras harrisorum Lucas and Schoch
1998Prodinoceras newbilli Lucas and Schoch p. 287

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Uintatheriamorpha
orderDinocerata
familyProdinoceratidaeFlerov 1952
genusProbathyopsis
speciesharrisorum()

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.

Probathyopsis harrisorum Patterson 1939
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Invalid names: Probathyopsis newbilli Patterson 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-08-31 13:51:18
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:51:18
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lucas and Schoch 1998, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Probathyopsis harrisorum (15057 53059 190412 190414 190418 190419 190427 190429 190442 190445 190465 190466 190467 190488 190492)
Tiffanian - Clarkforkian60.9 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Probathyopsis praecursor (15211)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Probathyopsis harrisorum (188220)
Cf156.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Probathyopsis harrisorum (46649)
Cf256.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Probathyopsis harrisorum (46651)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) Bathyopsoides harrisorum, Probathyopsis newbilli (type locality: 15253) Prodinoceras newbilli (15237 15246 15250 15251 15252)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Bathyopsoides harrisorum (15093) Probathyopsis harrisorum (15176 15183 164515 190431) Probathyopsis praecursor (15169) Probathyopsis sp. (15072 15075)