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Prototomus deimos

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Prototomus deimos was named by Gingerich and Deutsch (1989). Its type locality is SC-213, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. minor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Prototomus deimos Gingerich and Deutsch
1996Prototomus deimos Polly
2012Prototomus deimos Rose et al. p. 60

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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
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilySinopinae()
genusPrototomusCope 1874
speciesdeimos

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.

†Prototomus deimos Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available