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Propalaeotherium sinense

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Propalaeotherium sinense was named by Zdansky (1930) [The type is from China and is (or was) stored in the paleontological institute of the university of Upsala, Sweden.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guanzhuang Mengyinxian County, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial sandstone in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Propalaeotherium sinense Zdansky p. 51 figs. III: 9-21

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
subfamilyPachynolophinaePaulow 1877
genusPropalaeotheriumGervais
speciessinense

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.

†Propalaeotherium sinense Zdansky 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: folivoreg
Diet 2: frugivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 01:48:48
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:25:41
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Legendre 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3China (Shandong) Propalaeotherium sinense (type locality: 39413)