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Protoreodon
Taxonomy
Protoreodon was named by Scott and Osborn (1887). Its type is Protoreodon parvus.
It was assigned to Protoreodontinae by Hay (1902); to Oreodontidae by Scott (1913); to Merycoidodontidae by Thorpe (1937); and to Agriochoeridae by Scott and Osborn (1887), Peterson (1919), Gazin (1955), Ferrusquia-Villafranca (1969), Golz (1976), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Theodor (1999) and Lofgren et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Protoreodontinae by Hay (1902); to Oreodontidae by Scott (1913); to Merycoidodontidae by Thorpe (1937); and to Agriochoeridae by Scott and Osborn (1887), Peterson (1919), Gazin (1955), Ferrusquia-Villafranca (1969), Golz (1976), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Theodor (1999) and Lofgren et al. (2020).
Synonyms
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1887 | Protoreodon Scott and Osborn |
1894 | Hyomeryx Marsh p. 268 |
1898 | Agriotherium Scott p. 79 |
1899 | Chorotherium Berg |
1899 | Protagriochoerus Scott |
1902 | Protagriochoerus Hay p. 662 |
1902 | Protoreodon Hay p. 664 |
1902 | Hyomeryx Hay p. 665 |
1913 | Protagriochoerus Scott p. 361 |
1913 | Protoreodon Scott p. 361 |
1919 | Protoreodon Peterson p. 82 |
1919 | Protagriochoerus Peterson p. 86 |
1934 | Mesagriochoerus Peterson |
1937 | Protoreodon Thorpe p. 31 |
1937 | Hyomeryx Thorpe p. 40 |
1955 | Protoreodon Gazin |
1969 | Protoreodon Ferrusquia-Villafranca |
1976 | Protoreodon Golz |
1988 | Protoreodon Carroll |
1997 | Protoreodon McKenna and Bell p. 408 |
1999 | Protoreodon Theodor p. 1180 |
2020 | Protoreodon Lofgren 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. †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 transmontanus Stock 1949
†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
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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 |
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Early/Lower Uintan | USA (California) | P. parvus (16665 16666 16675 16676 16692 16695) P. sp. (16691 16693) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Colorado) | P. sp. (16623) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Utah) | P. sp. (109203 186888) | |
Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Montana) | P. sp., P. pumilus (16584) | |
Late/Upper Uintan | USA (California) | P. sp. (16780) P. walshi (16585) | |
Late/Upper Uintan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | P. pumilus (16626) | |
Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Utah) | P. sp. (109166) | |
Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Texas) | P. parvus, P. petersoni (16542) P. sp., P. petersoni, P. pumilus (16614) | |
Uintan | USA (Texas) | P. petersoni (16535 16537) P. petersoni, P. pumilus (16534 16546 16624) P. pumilus (16536) | |
Uintan | USA (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) | |
Uintan | USA (Wyoming) | P. parvus (16523) P. petersoni (16513 16517) P. pumilus (16522 16524 16644 16645) P. tardus (16525) | |
Uintan | USA (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 - Duchesnean | USA (Montana) | P. pumilus (230860) | |
Uintan - Duchesnean | USA (New Mexico) | P. pumilus (16883) | |
Uintan - Duchesnean | USA (California) | P. pacificus, P. pumilus (16801) P. pumilus (16800) P. sp. (16533) | |
Duchesnean | USA (Texas) | P. petersoni (16838) P. pumilus (16830 16831 16832 16833 16834 16835 16849 16856) | |
Duchesnean | USA (New Mexico) | P. sp. (16875) | |
Duchesnean | USA (California) | P. annectens (16844) P. pacificus (16803 16804 16806 16808 16810 16811 16812) | |
Duchesnean | USA (Wyoming) | P. sp. (16884) | |
Duchesnean | USA (Montana) | P. pumilus (16854) | |
Duchesnean | Canada (Saskatchewan) | P. sp. (16845) | |
Duchesnean - Chadronian | USA (Montana) | P. sp. (16840) | |
Priabonian | USA (Arkansas) | P. pumilus (16549) | |
Chadronian | USA (Wyoming) | Agriochoerus minimus (16923) | |
Chadronian | USA (Montana) | Agriochoerus minimus (16990 17028) | |
Chadronian | USA (California) | Agriochoerus transmontanus (17029) | |
Chadronian | Mexico (Chihuahua) | P. petersoni (17015) |