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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
P. minor

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
—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
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:47:26
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:47:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993, Gunnell 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Paeneprolimnocyon mordax (15912) Prototomus robustus (15534 15543 15682 15687 15694 15696 15697 15704 15705 15706 15707 15767 15804 15806 15807 15814 15835 46704 46708 46714 46760 46814 46825 46843)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Prototomus robustus (15684)