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Procamelus leptognathus

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Procamelus leptognathus was named by Cope (1893) [Cope; and not Procamelus; listed but status not made clear by Honey et al. 1998]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Charley Risley Ranch, which is in a Clarendonian floodplain claystone/sandstone in the Clarendon Beds Formation of Texas.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Honey et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Procamelus leptognathus Cope p. 37
1902Procamelus leptognathus Hay p. 678
1967Procamelus leptognathus Patton 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()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeLaminiWebb 1965
genusProcamelus
speciesleptognathus

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.

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Diagnosis
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