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Prochetodon

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae

Taxonomy
Prochetodon was named by Jepsen (1940). It is not extant. Its type is Prochetodon cavus.

It was assigned to Ptilodontidae by Jepsen (1940), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001).

Species
P. cavus (type species), P. foxi, P. speirsae, P. taxus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Prochetodon Jepsen
1997Prochetodon McKenna and Bell
2001Prochetodon Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 418

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyPtilodontidaeCope 1887
genusProchetodon

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. †Prochetodon Jepsen 1940
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†Prochetodon cavus Jepsen 1940
†Prochetodon foxi Krause 1987
†Prochetodon speirsae Scott 2004
†Prochetodon taxus Krause 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-08 09:14:16
Modified: 2005-09-08 11:14:16
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Krause 1982, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Puercan to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 66.00000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) P. sp. (14691)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (North Dakota) P. foxi (14962)
Ti161.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) P. speirsae (14939)
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (14992) P. speirsae (14928)
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) P. foxi (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) P. foxi (15033)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) P. foxi (14995) P. sp. (14957 14959) Ptilodus sp. (14925 14951)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) P. sp. (14976)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) P. cavus (15007 15029 15049 15057 15065 26569) P. taxus (190419 190462) Ptilodus sp. (15036)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) P. foxi (15024)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) P. cavus (15028 15082 15204) P. sp. (15075 15216) P. taxus (15089 190460)