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Probathyopsis sinyuensis

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Probathyopsis sinyuensis was named by Chow and Tung (1962). Its type specimen is IVPP V2666, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IVPP loc. 72041, which is in an Eocene terrestrial conglomerate in the Xinyu Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Probathyopsis sinyuensis Chow and Tung

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Uintatheriamorpha
orderDinocerata
familyProdinoceratidaeFlerov 1952
genusProbathyopsis
speciessinyuensis

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.

Probathyopsis sinyuensis Chow and Tung 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-08-31 13:51:18
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:51:18
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lucas and Schoch 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Jiangxi) Probathyopsis sinyuensis (type locality: 182565)