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Proterixoides

Mammalia - Sespedectidae

Taxonomy
Proterixoides was named by Stock (1935). It is not extant. Its type is Proterixoides davisi.

It was assigned to Creotarsinae by Van Valen (1967); to Dormaaliidae by Stock (1935) and Novacek et al. (1985); and to Sespedectinae by Novacek (1985) and Gunnell et al. (2008).

Species
P. davisi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Proterixoides Stock
1967Proterixoides Van Valen
1985Proterixoides Novacek
1985Proterixoides Novacek et al. p. 5
2008Proterixoides Gunnell et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
—Erinaceomorpha()
familySespedectidaeNovacek 1985
subfamilySespedectinae
genusProterixoides

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. †Proterixoides Stock 1935
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†Proterixoides davisi Stock 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) P. davisi (16763 16764 16771 16772 16774 16776 16778 16779) P. sp. (16692 16765 16769)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) P. sp. (16651)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) P. davisi (16585 16766 16780)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) P. davisi (16603 16615 16793) P. sp. (16547 16573 16590 16611 16786 16790 16791)
Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.0USA (California) P. davisi (16533 16801)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (California) P. davisi (16804 16810 16813) P. sp. (16527)