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Pseudoceras skinneri

Osteichthyes - Gelocidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoceras skinneri was named by Frick (1937). Its type specimen is F:AM 33723, a mandible (left mandibular ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Kat Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Pseudoceras potteri Frick
1937Pseudoceras skinneri Frick
1937Pseudoceras wilsoni Frick
2001Pseudoceras potteri Vislobokova p. S138
2001Pseudoceras skinneri Vislobokova p. S138
2001Pseudoceras wilsoni Vislobokova p. S138
2008Pseudoceras skinneri Webb p. 19
2019Pseudoceras skinneri May

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
suborderRuminantiaScopoli 1777
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyTraguloidea
familyGelocidaeSchlosser 1886
subfamilyPseudoceratinaeFrick 1937
genusPseudoceras
speciesskinneri

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.

Pseudoceras skinneri Frick 1937
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Invalid names: Pseudoceras potteri Frick 1937 [synonym], Pseudoceras wilsoni Frick 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:49:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:49:14
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Webb 1998, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Clarendonian to the top of the Hemphillian or 12.50000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Pseudoceras skinneri (18095 type locality: 18135 18214 18218 18245 18458 18496) Pseudoceras wilsoni (18321 18468)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Pseudoceras skinneri (18610 18645) Pseudoceras skinneri, Blastomeryx sp. (18611)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Pseudoceras sp. (18554)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (Kansas) Pseudoceras skinneri (109028)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Pseudoceras sp. (18086 18225)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Texas) Pseudoceras skinneri (18198)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7Honduras Pseudoceras skinneri (18750)