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Protungulatum gorgun

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Protungulatum gorgun was named by Van Valen (1978). Its type specimen is AMNH 35987, a mandible (right mandible with m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harbicht Hill, which is in a Puercan floodplain horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Protungulatum gorgun Van Valen

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusProtungulatum
speciesgorgun

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.

†Protungulatum gorgun Van Valen 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 08:42:03
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:11:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Wilson 1975, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Puercan or 70.60000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Protungulatum gorgun (14674)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Protungulatum gorgun (14722)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Protungulatum gorgun (14672 14676 14698 14699 14705 type locality: 14741 14754 14755 14757 14763 14776 14780 14782 14784 14785 14787 14788)