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Taxonomy
Prolimnocyon was named by Matthew and Granger (1915). It is not extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Peigné et al. (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Prototomus by McKenna (1960).
It was assigned to Limnocyonini by Van Valen (1967); to Limnocyonidae by Matthew and Granger (1915), Van Valen (1966), Bown (1979), Gingerich and Deutsch (1989) and Gunnell (1998); to Hyaenodontidae by Rose et al. (2012); and to Limnocyoninae by Morlo and Gunnell (2005), Peigné et al. (2007), Solé (2013) and Borths et al. (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Prototomus by McKenna (1960).
It was assigned to Limnocyonini by Van Valen (1967); to Limnocyonidae by Matthew and Granger (1915), Van Valen (1966), Bown (1979), Gingerich and Deutsch (1989) and Gunnell (1998); to Hyaenodontidae by Rose et al. (2012); and to Limnocyoninae by Morlo and Gunnell (2005), Peigné et al. (2007), Solé (2013) and Borths et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1915 | Prolimnocyon Matthew and Granger |
| 1966 | Prolimnocyon Van Valen |
| 1967 | Prolimnocyon Van Valen |
| 1979 | Prolimnocyon Bown |
| 1989 | Prolimnocyon Gingerich and Deutsch |
| 1998 | Prolimnocyon Gunnell |
| 2005 | Prolimnocyon Morlo and Gunnell p. 251 |
| 2007 | Prolimnocyon Peigné et al. p. 453 |
| 2012 | Prolimnocyon Rose et al. |
| 2013 | Prolimnocyon Solé |
| 2016 | Prolimnocyon Borths et al. |
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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. †Prolimnocyon Matthew and Granger 1915
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†Prolimnocyon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915
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Invalid names: Prolimnocyon elisabethae Gazin 1952 [synonym]
†Prolimnocyon atavus Matthew and Granger 1915
†Prolimnocyon chowi Meng et al. 1998
†Prolimnocyon eerius Gingerich 1989
†Prolimnocyon haematus Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Gebo and Rose 1993, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Clarkforkian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 56.20000 to 48.60000 Ma
Collections (86 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Nei Mongol) | P. chowi (133389) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | P. atavus (15092) | |
| Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | P. antiquus (15915 15917 16078) | |
| Wasatchian | Mexico (Baja California) | P. sp. (15671) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Colorado) | P. atavus (15222 15350) P. haematus (15480 15485) P. sp. (15338 15372 15379 15388) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | P. antiguus (46827) P. antiquus (15563 15567 15710 15904 15906) P. atavus (15468 15493 15507 15510 15516 15519 15520 15524 15531 15532 15534 15542 15544 15548 15577 15594 15622 15686 15705 15782 15790 15799 15814 15912 15932 15934 16021 16055 46704 46742 46765 46809 46820 46831 46849) P. atavus, P. haematus (15796) P. eerius (15759) P. elisabethae (15454 15662 15964) P. haematus (15727 15733 15736 15756 15762 15765 15779 15787 15788 15792 15793 15813) P. sp. (15552 15559 15573 15576 15689 27268) | |
| Wasatchian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | P. sp. (15583) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | P. atavus (15684) P. eerius (154262) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | P. antiquus (16198 16207 16415) P. sp. (15837 16258) |