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Protolabis yavapaiensis

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Michenia yavapaiensis was named by Honey and Taylor (1978). Its type locality is Milk Creek Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk Creek Formation of Arizona.

It was recombined as Protolabis yavapaiensis by Honey (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Michenia yavapaiensis Honey and Taylor
1998Michenia yavapaiensis Honey et al. p. 446
2007Protolabis yavapaiensis Honey p. 188

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyProtolabinaeZittel 1893
genusProtolabis
speciesyavapaiensis()

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.

Protolabis yavapaiensis Honey and Taylor 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:42:02
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Clarendonian or 10.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Arizona) Michenia yavapaiensis (19307 19354 19464 19580)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Arizona) Michenia yavapaiensis (19315 19429 type locality: 19436 19543)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Protolabis yavapaiensis (18611 18623)
Late/Upper Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) Michenia yavapaiensis (19346)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) Michenia yavapaiensis (19348 19349 19350 19351)