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Protemnocyon inflatus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Taxonomy
Protemnocyon inflatus was named by Hatcher (1902). Its type specimen is CM 552, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cedar Creek (Hat Creek Basin), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Protemnocyon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Protemnocyon inflatus Hatcher
1902Protemnocyon inflatus Hatcher p. 99 figs. Plate 15
1936Protemnocyon inflatus Scott and Jepsen
1948Protemnocyon inflatus Hough

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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
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
familyAmphicyonidaeHaeckel 1886
genusProtemnocyonHatcher 1901
speciesinflatus

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.

†Protemnocyon inflatus Hatcher 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:52:56
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:52:56
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Hunt 1998

Age range: Orellan or 33.90000 to 31.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) Protemnocyon inflatus (type locality: 17080)