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Prototaria primigena

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Odobenidae

Taxonomy

Prototaria primigena was named by Takeyama and Ozawa (1984) [HUTE = Hyogo University of Teacher Education]. Its type specimen is HUTE 1001, a skull (skull and some postcranial elements), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Neotherium primigenum by Barnes (1989).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1984	Prototaria primigena Takeyama and Ozawa p. 36 figs. Fig. 1
1989	Neotherium primigenum Barnes p. 21
1994	Prototaria primigena Kohno
1995	Prototaria primigena Kohno et al. p. 289
2003	Prototaria primigena Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2013	Prototaria primigenia Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8
2018	Prototaria primigenia Berta p. 714 figs. Fig. 3
2018	Prototaria primigena Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6
2018	Prototaria primigenia Magallanes et al. p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2018	Prototaria primigena Velez and Salinas-Márquez

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Pancarnivora
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
—	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora
suborder	Caniformia	Kretzoi 1943
infraorder	Canoidea	(Simpson 1931)
superfamily	Arctoidea	Flower 1869
—	Panpinnipedia	Wolsan et al. 2020
—	Pinnipedimorpha
—	Pinnipedia	()
family	Odobenidae	()
genus	Prototaria
species	primigena

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.

†Prototaria primigena Takeyama and Ozawa 1984

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
K. Takeyama and T. Ozawa 1984	medium enaliarctid genus with short rostrum ; P1 single-rooted, P2 double-rooted, P3 and P4 bilobed double-rooted, M1 three-rooted and M2 single-rooted ; lacrimal foramen present.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteuc

Ontogeny:

modification of partsuc

Environment:

marinef

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

amphibiousf

Diet:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparousf

Created:

2011-05-21 01:16:23

Modified:

2011-05-20 10:16:23

Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade

References: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Kohno et al. 1995, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Langhian or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Japan (Fukui)	Prototaria primigena (59152 59166)