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Prochetodon foxi

Osteichthyes - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae

Taxonomy
Prochetodon foxi was named by Krause (1987). Its type locality is Long Draw Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Prochetodon foxi Krause

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyPtilodontidaeCope 1887
genusProchetodon
speciesfoxi

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.

†Prochetodon foxi Krause 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-08 09:14:16
Modified: 2005-09-08 11:14:16
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Krause 1982

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Tiffanian or 66.00000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Prochetodon foxi (14962)
Ti460.9 - 56.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Prochetodon foxi (14978)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Prochetodon foxi (14995) Ptilodus sp. (14951)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) Prochetodon foxi (type locality: 15033)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Ptilodus sp. (15036)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Prochetodon foxi (15024)