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Prothryptacodon ambiguus

Mammalia - Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae

Taxonomy
Pantinomia ambigua was named by Van Valen (1967). Its type specimen is AMNH 16591, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pantinomia.

It was recombined as Prothryptacodon ambiguus by Van Valen (1978), Tsentas (1981), Williamson and Lucas (1993) and Williamson (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Pantinomia ambigua Van Valen
1978Prothryptacodon ambiguus Van Valen
1981Prothryptacodon ambiguus Tsentas
1993Prothryptacodon ambiguus Williamson and Lucas
1996Prothryptacodon ambiguus Williamson

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
familyOxyclaenidae
genusProthryptacodon
speciesambiguus()

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.

Prothryptacodon ambiguus Van Valen 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-24 19:49:09
Modified: 2011-04-24 04:49:09
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Tabuce et al. 2011, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Prothryptacodon ambiguus (14893)