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Prodaphaenus uintensis

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Miacis uintensis was named by Osborn (1895). Its type specimen is AMNH 1896, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wagonhound Canyon (Uinta B2), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Prodaphaenus uintensis by Matthew (1899), Hay (1902), Matthew (1909), Friscia and Rasmussen (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Miacis uintensis Osborn p. 77 fig. 2
1899Prodaphaenus uintensis Matthew
1902Prodaphaenus uintensis Hay p. 760
1909Prodaphaenus uintensis Matthew
1923Miacis uintensis Thorpe
1934Miacis uintensis Stock
2010Prodaphaenus uintensis Friscia and Rasmussen p. 52

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
genusProdaphaenus
speciesuintensis()

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.

†Prodaphaenus uintensis Osborn 1895
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. F. Osborn 1895
Fourth lower premolar with a high protocone bearing two cuspules upon the posterior slope, terminating in a talonid; no cingulum. The third lower molar either very small and single-fanged or wanting.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:55:43
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:55:43
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Gebo and Rose 1993, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Miacis uintensis (type locality: 16646)