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Prototomus multicuspis

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Prototomus multicuspis was named by Cope (1875).

It was recombined as Stypolophus multicuspis by Cope (1877), Hay (1902); it was recombined as Sinopa multicuspis by Scott (1892), Matthew (1899), Matthew (1901), Matthew (1909), Matthew and Granger (1915); it was synonymized subjectively with Prototomus secundarius by Gingerich and Deutsch (1989), Gunnell (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. minor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Prototomus multicuspis Cope p. 10
1877Stypolophus multicuspis Cope
1892Sinopa multicuspis Scott p. 310
1899Sinopa multicuspis Matthew
1901Sinopa multicuspis Matthew
1902Stypolophus multicuspis Hay p. 752
1909Sinopa multicuspis Matthew
1915Sinopa multicuspis Matthew and Granger
1965Prototomus multicuspis Van Valen
1971Prototomus multicuspis Guthrie
1996Prototomus multicuspis Polly

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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
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilySinopinae()
genusPrototomusCope 1874
speciesmulticuspis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:47:26
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:47:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Gebo and Rose 1993, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Gunnell 1998, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available