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Prosthennops serus

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Dicotyles serus was named by Cope (1877). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sappa Creek, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Kansas. It is the type species of Prosthennops.

It was recombined as Tayassu serus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Prosthennops serus by Gidley (1904), Colbert (1935), Wright (1989), Wright (1998), Hulbert and Whitmore (2006) and Prothero (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Dicotyles serus Cope p. 224
1902Tayassu serus Hay p. 659
1904Prosthennops serus Gidley
1935Prosthennops serus Colbert
1975Prosthennops graffhami Schultz and Martin
1989Prosthennops serus Wright
1998Prosthennops serus Wright
2006Prosthennops serus Hulbert and Whitmore p. 6
2021Prosthennops serus Prothero p. 45

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
genusProsthennops
speciesserus()

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.

Prosthennops serus Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Prosthennops graffhami Schultz and Martin 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available