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Protoreodon

Mammalia - Agriochoeridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Protoreodon Scott and Osborn
1894Hyomeryx Marsh p. 268
1898Agriotherium Scott p. 79
1899Chorotherium Berg
1899Protagriochoerus Scott
1902Protagriochoerus Hay p. 662
1902Protoreodon Hay p. 664
1902Hyomeryx Hay p. 665
1913Protagriochoerus Scott p. 361
1913Protoreodon Scott p. 361
1919Protoreodon Peterson p. 82
1919Protagriochoerus Peterson p. 86
1934Mesagriochoerus Peterson
1937Protoreodon Thorpe p. 31
1937Hyomeryx Thorpe p. 40
1955Protoreodon Gazin
1969Protoreodon Ferrusquia-Villafranca
1976Protoreodon Golz
1988Protoreodon Carroll
1997Protoreodon McKenna and Bell p. 408
1999Protoreodon Theodor p. 1180
2020Protoreodon Lofgren 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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
familyAgriochoeridae
genusProtoreodon

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. †Protoreodon Scott and Osborn 1887
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Protoreodon minimus Douglass 1902
Protoreodon minor Scott 1899
Protoreodon pacificus Golz 1976
Protoreodon parvus Scott and Osborn 1887
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Invalid names: Agriotherium paradoxicus Scott 1898 [synonym], Hyomeryx breviceps Marsh 1894 [synonym]
Protoreodon petersoni Gazin 1955
Protoreodon pumilus Marsh 1875
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Invalid names: Mesagriochoerus primus Peterson 1934 [synonym], Protagriochoerus annectens Scott 1899 [synonym], Protoreodon medius Peterson 1919 [synonym], Protoreodon tardus Scott 1945 [synonym]
Protoreodon walshi Theodor 1999
Invalid names: Agriotherium Scott 1898 [synonym], Chorotherium Berg 1899 [synonym], Hyomeryx Marsh 1894 [synonym], Mesagriochoerus Peterson 1934 [synonym], Protagriochoerus Scott 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:36:06
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:36:06
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lander 1998, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Uintan to the top of the Chadronian or 46.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (93 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (California) P. parvus (16665 16666 16675 16676 16692 16695) P. sp. (16691 16693)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Colorado) P. sp. (16623)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Utah) P. sp. (109203 186888)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Montana) P. sp., P. pumilus (16584)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (California) P. sp. (16780) P. walshi (16585)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4Canada (Saskatchewan) P. pumilus (16626)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Utah) P. sp. (109166)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) P. parvus, P. petersoni (16542) P. sp., P. petersoni, P. pumilus (16614)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) P. petersoni (16535 16537) P. petersoni, P. pumilus (16534 16546 16624) P. pumilus (16536)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Utah) Mesagriochoerus primus (16555) P. medius, P. petersoni, P. pumilus (16607) P. minor, P. petersoni, P. pumilus (16589) P. parvus, P. medius (16646 16654) P. petersoni, P. pumilus (16593) P. primus (16594) P. pumilis, P. parvus (213066) P. pumilus (16531) P. sp. (16656 186894 213059 222799 222804 222805)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Wyoming) P. parvus (16523) P. petersoni (16513 16517) P. pumilus (16522 16524 16644 16645) P. tardus (16525)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (California) P. annectens (16590 16789) P. pumilus (16591 16611 16786 16790 16791 16793) P. sp. (16547 16603 16613 16814) P. walshi (16615)
Late/Upper Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.2USA (Montana) P. pumilus (230860)
Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.2USA (New Mexico) P. pumilus (16883)
Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.2USA (California) P. pacificus, P. pumilus (16801) P. pumilus (16800) P. sp. (16533)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2USA (Texas) P. petersoni (16838) P. pumilus (16830 16831 16832 16833 16834 16835 16849 16856)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (16875)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2USA (California) P. annectens (16844) P. pacificus (16803 16804 16806 16808 16810 16811 16812)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (16884)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2USA (Montana) P. pumilus (16854)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2Canada (Saskatchewan) P. sp. (16845)
Duchesnean - Chadronian40.4 - 33.9USA (Montana) P. sp. (16840)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) P. pumilus (16549)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Agriochoerus minimus (16923)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) Agriochoerus minimus (16990 17028)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Agriochoerus transmontanus (17029)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Mexico (Chihuahua) P. petersoni (17015)