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Prosthennops

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Platygonus ziegleri Marsh p. 40
1902Platygonus ziegleri Hay p. 661
1904Prosthennops Matthew and Gidley p. 265
1922Hesperopithecus Osborn
1924Prosthennops ziegleri Matthew
1935Prosthennops ziegleri Colbert
1988Prosthennops Carroll
1997Prosthennops McKenna and Bell p. 397
1998Prosthennops Wright p. 395
2006Prosthennops Hulbert and Whitmore p. 6
2017Prosthennops Dutra et al. p. 353
2021Prosthennops Prothero p. 39

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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

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. †Prosthennops Matthew and Gidley 1904
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Prosthennops condoni Marsh 1871
Prosthennops kernensis Colbert 1938
Prosthennops serus Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Prosthennops graffhami Schultz and Martin 1975 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hesperopithecus Osborn 1922 [synonym], Prosthennops ziegleri Marsh 1871 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. D. Matthew and J. W. Gidley 1904Incisors vestigial; canines elliptical in cross-section, more recurved than in Tayassu; premolars less completely molariform than in Mylohyus (or Tayassu ?); muzzle anterior to premolars more elongate than in Tayassu, but less so than in Mylohyus; malar bones expanded transversely into massive tuberosities; orbits placed well back, being directly over the glenoid fossae