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Promioclaenus

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy

Promioclaenus was named by Trouessart (1904). It is not extant. Its type is Dulcidon gandaensis.

It was assigned to Mioclaeninae by Zack et al. (2005); to Mioclaenidae by Trouessart (1904), McKenna and Bell (1997), Archibald (1998) and Burger (2007); and to Hyopsodontidae by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958), Chow et al. (1973), Williamson and Weil (2011) and Scott et al. (2013).

Species

P. acolytus (syn. Mioclaenus minimus, Ellipsodon aquilonius), P. lemuroides (syn. Jepsenia mantiensis, Ellipsodon shepherdi), P. pipiringosi, P. thnetus, P. walshi

Synonyms

Jepsenia was named by Gazin (1939).

It was synonymized subjectively with Litaletes by Van Valen (1978), Rigby (1980), Tomida (1981) and Robison (1986); it was synonymized subjectively with Promioclaenus by Williamson (1996).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Promioclaenus Trouessart
1939	Jepsenia Gazin
1958	Promioclaenus Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg p. 18
1973	Promioclaenus Chow et al.
1997	Promioclaenus McKenna and Bell
1998	Promioclaenus Archibald
2005	Promioclaenus Zack et al.
2007	Promioclaenus Burger p. 146
2011	Promioclaenus Williamson and Weil
2013	Promioclaenus Scott et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Epitheria
order	Condylarthra	Cope 1881
family	Hyopsodontidae	Trouessart 1879
genus	Promioclaenus	Trouessart 1904

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. †Promioclaenus Trouessart 1904

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†Promioclaenus acolytus Cope 1882

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Invalid names: Ellipsodon aquilonius Simpson 1935 [synonym], Mioclaenus minimus Cope 1882 [synonym]

†Promioclaenus lemuroides Matthew 1897

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Invalid names: Ellipsodon shepherdi Gazin 1939 [synonym], Jepsenia mantiensis Gazin 1939 [synonym]

†Promioclaenus pipiringosi Gazin 1956

†Promioclaenus thnetus Scott et al. 2013

†Promioclaenus walshi Lofgren et al. 2014

Invalid names: Jepsenia Gazin 1939 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialsubc

Diet:

omnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-31 13:57:38

Modified:

2005-08-31 15:57:38

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Archibald 1998

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (57 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Puercan	66.0 - 63.3	USA (Utah)	P. sp. (14670)
To2	63.8 - 60.9	Canada (Alberta)	P. acolytus (14894)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (New Mexico)	P. acolytus (14815 14867 14892) P. acolytus, P. lemuroides (14816 14824 14832 14833 14835 14865 14868 14873 14893) P. sp. (14812)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	Canada (Alberta)	P. sp. (14828) P. thnetus (143197 143198 143200 194573)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (Wyoming)	P. acolytus (14886 14896 14897 14898 14899 14902 14905) P. aquilonius (14912)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (Texas)	P. acolytus (14884) P. sp. (14887)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (Utah)	P. shepherdi (14889) P. sp., P. lemuroides (14830)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (Montana)	Ellipsodon aquilonius (14913 14915 14920) Litaletes mantiensis (14885) P. aquilonius (14906)
Torrejonian - Tiffanian	63.8 - 56.8	USA (Wyoming)	P. acolytus, P. lemuroides (14851) P. lemuroides (14820)
Ti3	61.7 - 56.8	USA (Colorado)	P. acolytus (99821 99822)
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	USA (California)	P. walshi (154724 224203)
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	USA (Montana)	Ellipsodon sp. (15050)
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	USA (Wyoming)	P. acolytus (15012 15013 15014 15015 198262 198265) P. acolytus, P. lemuroides (14965) P. aquilonius (198263) P. pipiringosi (14964 14989) P. sp. (15034 15067) P. sp., P. acolytus (198264)