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Trigenicus profectus

Mammalia - Protoceratidae

Taxonomy
Leptotragulus profectus was named by Matthew (1903). Its type specimen is AMNH 9681, 9682, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pipestone Springs, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial claystone in the Renova Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Eotylopus profectus by Matthew (1910) and Frick (1937); it was recombined as Trigenicus profectus by Storer (1996).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Trigenicus socialis Douglass
1903Leptotragulus profectus Matthew
1910Eotylopus profectus Matthew p. 40
1937Eotylopus profectus Frick
1940Trigenicus socialis Scott p. 710
1996Trigenicus profectus Storer p. 251

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
familyProtoceratidae
genusTrigenicus
speciesprofectus()

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.

†Trigenicus profectus Matthew 1903
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Invalid names: Trigenicus socialis Douglass 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:39:46
Modified: 2009-01-07 18:24:42
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Prothero 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Leptotragulus profectus (17006)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Leptotragulus profectus (16960 16961 16962 16963)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Trigenicus profectus (16919 16979)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) Leptotragulus profectus (16935 16959 16988 16989 type locality: 17010) Trigenicus socialis (17028)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Leptotragulus profectus (17031)
Middle Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Trigenicus profectus (16928)