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Proscalops tertius

Mammalia - Proscalopidae

Taxonomy
Proscalops tertius was named by Reed (1961). Its type specimen is AMNH 19420, a partial skull (skull lacking most of rostrum, P3-M3, partial left and right mandible with M1-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Proscalops tertius Reed
1975Proscalops tertius Bjork p. 809
1981Proscalops tertius Barnosky p. 292

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyProscalopidae
genusProscalops
speciestertius

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.

†Proscalops tertius Reed 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Orellan to the top of the Geringian or 33.90000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Proscalops tertius (17108)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) Proscalops tertius (17336 17337 17338 17385 17437 170168)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) Proscalops tertius (17494 17495 17535 17544 17566 17590 17596 17597)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Proscalops tertius (17567)