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Prosthennops serus

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Dicotyles serus was named by Cope (1877). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sappa Creek, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Kansas. It is the type species of Prosthennops.

It was recombined as Tayassu serus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Prosthennops serus by Gidley (1904), Colbert (1935), Wright (1989), Wright (1998), Hulbert and Whitmore (2006) and Prothero (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Dicotyles serus Cope p. 224
1902Tayassu serus Hay p. 659
1904Prosthennops serus Gidley
1935Prosthennops serus Colbert
1975Prosthennops graffhami Schultz and Martin
1989Prosthennops serus Wright
1998Prosthennops serus Wright
2006Prosthennops serus Hulbert and Whitmore p. 6
2021Prosthennops serus Prothero p. 45

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
—Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
genusProsthennops
speciesserus()

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.

†Prosthennops serus Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Prosthennops graffhami Schultz and Martin 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:10:33
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Late/Upper Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Kansas) Dicotyles serus (type locality: 18360)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) Prosthennops sp. (19036)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Prosthennops graffhami (18181) Prosthennops serus (18305)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Prosthennops serus (18086)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Honduras Prosthennops serus (18732)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Puntarenas) Prosthennops serus (144596)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Prosthennops graffhami (18072 18097)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Alabama) Prosthennops sp. (18559)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Prosthennops serus (18140)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Prosthennops serus (18499)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Prosthennops serus (26574)