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Procaenotherium
Taxonomy
Procaenotherium was named by Hürzeler (1936). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Caenotheriidae by Hürzeler (1936); and to Cainotheriinae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Caenotheriidae by Hürzeler (1936); and to Cainotheriinae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1936 | Procaenotherium Hürzeler pp. 95-96 |
| 1997 | Procaenotherium McKenna and Bell p. 407 |
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G. †Procaenotherium Hürzeler 1936
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. Hürzeler 1936 | Disposition of cusps of upper molars are changing (stage B); toothrow with small diastema infront of upper P4 and lower P3, or diastema absent; upper P3 and P4, lowere P2 and P3 elongated; upper P3 and P4 inner cusp absent. Intermaxilla extends backwards, but does not reach the frontale; Nasalia elongated, slender, squarelike; no ethmoidalgap (Ethmoidalspalte); choanas broad; mandible slender. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available