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Probathyopsis harrisorum

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Bathyopsoides harrisorum was named by Patterson (1939) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coffee Pot, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado.

It was synonymized subjectively with Prodinoceras newbilli by Kihm (1984); it was recombined as Probathyopsis harrisorum by Thewissen and Gingerich (1987); it was recombined as Prodinoceras harrisorum by Lucas and Schoch (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Probathyopsis newbilli Patterson
1939Bathyopsoides harrisorum Patterson p. 374
1939Probathyopsis newbilli Patterson p. 378
1961Probathyopsis newbilli Wheeler p. 21
1961Bathyopsoides harrisorum Wheeler p. 22
1984Prodinoceras newbilli Kihm
1987Probathyopsis harrisorum Thewissen and Gingerich
1998Prodinoceras harrisorum Lucas and Schoch
1998Prodinoceras newbilli Lucas and Schoch p. 287

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Uintatheriamorpha
orderDinocerata
familyProdinoceratidaeFlerov 1952
genusProbathyopsis
speciesharrisorum()

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.

Probathyopsis harrisorum Patterson 1939
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Invalid names: Probathyopsis newbilli Patterson 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available