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Protoprocyon savagei

Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Taxonomy
Protoprocyon savagei was named by Linares (1981). Its type specimen is F:AM 25210, a mandible (right ramus with p2-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Clayton Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian/Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Protoprocyon.

Synonyms
  • Lichnocyon phoenicus was named by Baskin (1982). Its type specimen is F:AM 25210, a mandible (right ramus with p2-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Clayton Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian/Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Lichnocyon.

    It was synonymized objectively with Protoprocyon savagei by Baskin (1989).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Protoprocyon savagei Linares p. 116 fig. 2
1982Lichnocyon phoenicus Baskin p. 82
1982Protoprocyon savagei Linares

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyProcyonidaeGray 1825
subfamilyProcyoninaeGray 1825
tribeProcyoniniGray 1825
genusProtoprocyon
speciessavagei

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.

†Protoprocyon savagei Linares 1981
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Invalid names: Lichnocyon phoenicus Baskin 1982 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:33:53
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Clarendonian to the top of the Hemphillian or 12.50000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Lichnocyon phoenicus (type locality: 18134)