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Procaenotherium

Osteichthyes - Cainotheriidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Procaenotherium Hürzeler pp. 95-96
1997Procaenotherium McKenna and Bell p. 407

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilyCainotherioideaCamp and VanDerHoof 1940
familyCainotheriidaeCope 1881
subfamilyCainotheriinaeCamp and VanderHoof 1940
genusProcaenotherium

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.

G. †Procaenotherium Hürzeler 1936
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Hürzeler 1936Disposition 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
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
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