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Protoreodon pumilus

Mammalia - Agriochoeridae

Taxonomy
Agriochoerus pumilus was named by Marsh (1875). Its type specimen is YPM 11890, a partial skeleton (Lower jaw fragments with Mi and portions of M2 and M3 from right side and M2 from left, including also various other skeletal fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eomeryx pumilus by Marsh (1894); it was misspelled as Eomeryx pumilis by Hay (1902) and Lander (1998); it was recombined as Protoreodon pumilus by Scott and Osborn (1887), Thorpe (1937), Gazin (1955), Golz (1976), Theodor (1999) and Lofgren et al. (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Agriochoerus pumilus Marsh p. 250
1887Protoreodon pumilus Scott and Osborn
1894Eomeryx pumilus Marsh p. 266 fig. 18
1899Protagriochoerus annectens Scott
1902Protagriochoerus annectens Hay p. 662
1902Eomeryx pumilis Hay p. 665
1919Protoreodon medius Peterson p. 82
1919Protagriochoerus annectens Peterson p. 86
1934Mesagriochoerus primus Peterson
1937Protoreodon medius Thorpe p. 33
1937Protoreodon pumilus Thorpe p. 37 figs. Figs. 13-15
1945Protoreodon tardus Scott
1955Protoreodon primus Gazin
1955Protoreodon pumilus Gazin
1976Protoreodon pumilus Golz
1991Protoreodon annectens Kelly et al.
1998Agriochoerus pumilus Lander
1998Protoreodon annectens Lander
1998Protoreodon tardus Lander
1999Protoreodon pumilus Theodor p. 1180
2020Protoreodon pumilus Lofgren et al.

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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()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
familyAgriochoeridae
genusProtoreodon
speciespumilus()

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.

Protoreodon pumilus Marsh 1875
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Invalid names: Mesagriochoerus primus Peterson 1934 [synonym], Protagriochoerus annectens Scott 1899 [synonym], Protoreodon medius Peterson 1919 [synonym], Protoreodon tardus Scott 1945 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available