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Procerberus formicarum

Osteichthyes - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy
Procerberus formicarum was named by Sloan and Van Valen (1965) [genotype]. Its type specimen is U.M.V.P. 1460, a mandible (lower jaw fragment with P3, P4, and M1), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Bug Creek Anthills, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Procerberus formicarum Sloan and Van Valen p. 225
1979Procerberus formicarum Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
2004Procerberus formicarum Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 508-509
2010Procerberus formicarum Rook et al. p. 1222

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusProcerberus
speciesformicarum

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.

†Procerberus formicarum Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivores
Diet 2: insectivores
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 18:18:08
Modified: 2005-09-01 20:18:08
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Eberle 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.40000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pu166.0 - 63.4USA (Montana) Procerberus formicarum (14798 231045)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4Canada (Saskatchewan) Procerberus formicarum (14756)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (Montana) Procerberus formicarum (14660 14669 type locality: 14671 14672 14696 14698 14740 14741 14742 14743 14751 14754 14772 14773 14776 14777 14785 14786 14787 14788 14801 14802 193844 231047) Procerberus sp. (14759)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (Wyoming) Procerberus sp. (14808)