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Prototomus robustus

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Prolimnocyon robustus was named by Matthew and Granger (1915).

It was synonymized subjectively with Paeneprolimnocyon mordax by Van Valen (1969) and Delson (1971); it was recombined as Prototomus robustus by Gingerich and Deutsch (1989), Polly (1993), Polly (1996) and Gunnell (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Prolimnocyon robustus Matthew and Granger
1989Prototomus robustus Gingerich and Deutsch
1993Prototomus robustus Polly
1996Prototomus robustus Polly
1998Prototomus robustus Gunnell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Scrotifera
Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilySinopinae()
genusPrototomusCope 1874
speciesrobustus()

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 robustus Matthew and Granger 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available