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Protoreodon parvus

Mammalia - Agriochoeridae

Taxonomy
Protoreodon parvus was named by Scott and Osborn (1887) [genotype]. Its type specimen is PU 10398, a partial skull (Portions of skull and left ramus of mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Protoreodon.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Protoreodon parvus Scott and Osborn
1894Hyomeryx breviceps Marsh p. 268 fig. 19
1898Agriotherium paradoxicus Scott
1899Chorotherium paradoxicus Berg
1899Protoreodon paradoxicus Scott
1902Protoreodon paradoxicus Hay p. 664
1902Protoreodon parvus Hay p. 664
1902Hyomeryx breviceps Hay p. 665
1937Protoreodon paradoxicus Thorpe p. 36 figs. Fig. 11; PI. I, fig. 2
1937Protoreodon parvus Thorpe p. 37 figs. Fig. 12; PI. I, fig. 3
1937Hyomeryx breviceps Thorpe p. 40 figs. Figs. 16-17
1955Protoreodon paradoxicus Gazin
1955Protoreodon parvus Gazin
1976Protoreodon paradoxicus Golz
1976Protoreodon parvus Golz

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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
speciesparvus

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 parvus Scott and Osborn 1887
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Invalid names: Agriotherium paradoxicus Scott 1898 [synonym], Hyomeryx breviceps Marsh 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available