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Prolimnocyon antiquus

Osteichthyes - Hyaenodonta

Taxonomy
Prolimnocyon antiquus was named by Matthew and Granger (1915).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. antiguus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Prolimnocyon antiquus Matthew and Granger
1952Prolimnocyon elisabethae Gazin
1996Prolimnocyon elisabethae Polly

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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()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
orderHyaenodonta()
subfamilyLimnocyoninae
genusProlimnocyon
speciesantiquus

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.

†Prolimnocyon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915
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Invalid names: Prolimnocyon elisabethae Gazin 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:53:41
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:53:41
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Bridgerian or 56.00000 to 45.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Prolimnocyon antiquus (15915 15917 16078)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Prolimnocyon antiquus (15563 15567 15710 15904 15906) Prolimnocyon elisabethae (15454 15662 15964)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Prolimnocyon antiquus (16198 16207 16415)