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Protitanops curryi

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Protitanops curryi was named by Stock (1936) [genotype]. Its type specimen is CIT 1854, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Titus Canyon, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Titus Canyon Formation of California. It is the type species of Protitanops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Protitanops curryi Stock
2008Protitanops curryi Mihlbachler p. 413

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeBrontotheriiniMarsh 1873
subtribeBrontotheriinaMarsh 1873
—BrontotheriitaMarsh 1873
genusProtitanops
speciescurryi

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.

†Protitanops curryi Stock 1936
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Stock 1936Upper incisors 2; teeth small, crowns oval and non-cingulate. Canines less robust than in Brontops. Small diastema between canine and P~. Premolars with well developed internal cingula, but no external cingula. Nasals long and broad. Horns larger than in Protitanotherium, oval in cross-section, but with transverse diameter greater, in relation to fore and aft diameter than in Uinta genus. Horns directed outward as well as upward. Dorsal surface of cranium narrow. Size large and intermediate between that of Protitanotherium emarginatum and that of Brontops robustus. This species is named for H. Donald Curry, discoverer of the first titanothere in the lower Tertiary of the Grapevine Mountains.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:53:16
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:53:16
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Mader 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Chadronian or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Protitanops sp. (16842)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (California) Protitanops curryi (type locality: 17029)