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Protoreodon petersoni

Mammalia - Agriochoeridae

Taxonomy
Protoreodon petersoni was named by Gazin (1955). Its type specimen is PU 14404, a partial skeleton (Skull and jaws with complete dentition, and other skeletal portions), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Protoreodon petersoni Gazin
1969Protoreodon petersoni Ferrusquia-Villafranca
1976Protoreodon petersoni Golz

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
familyAgriochoeridae
genusProtoreodon
speciespetersoni

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.

†Protoreodon petersoni Gazin 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:36:06
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:36:06
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lander 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Chadronian or 46.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Protoreodon petersoni (16542 16614)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Protoreodon petersoni (16534 16535 16537 16546 16624)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Protoreodon petersoni (16589 16593 type locality: 16607)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Protoreodon petersoni (16513 16517)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) Protoreodon petersoni (16838)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Mexico (Chihuahua) Protoreodon petersoni (17015)