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Prodeinotherium hobleyi

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae

Taxonomy
Dinotherium hobleyi was named by Andrews (1911).

It was recombined as Prodeinotherium hobleyi by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Huttunen and Göhlich (2002), Sanders et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Dinotherium hobleyi Andrews
1996Prodeinotherium hobleyi Shoshani and Tassy p. 355 figs. Appendix C.1
2002Prodeinotherium hobleyi Huttunen and Göhlich p. 491
2010Prodeinotherium hobleyi Sanders et al. p. 180

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
superfamilyDeinotherioidea
familyDeinotheriidaeBonaparte 1845
genusProdeinotheriumEhik 1930
specieshobleyi(Andrews 1911)

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.

†Prodeinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Dinotherium hobleyi (146600) Prodeinotherium hobleyi (70808)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Namibia Prodeinotherium hobleyi (70420 70421)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Prodeinotherium hobleyi (38060)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda Dinotherium hobleyi (192070)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97South Africa (Namaqualand) Prodeinotherium hobleyi (51190)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Prodeinotherium hobleyi (22069 22070 22071 22077 22078)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya (Nyanza) Prodeinotherium hobleyi (21338 21339)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Kenya Prodeinotherium hobleyi (22303)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Namibia Prodeinotherium hobleyi (21855)