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Prodinoceratidae

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Prodinoceratidae Flerov
1971Prodinoceratinae Szalay and McKenna p. 312
1985Prodinoceratidae Schoch and Lucas p. 36
1998Prodinoceratidae Lucas and Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Uintatheriamorpha
orderDinocerata
familyProdinoceratidaeFlerov 1952
familyProdinoceratidaeFlerov 1952

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.

Fm. †Prodinoceratidae Flerov 1952
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G. †Probathyopsis Simpson 1929
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†Probathyopsis harrisorum Patterson 1939
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Invalid names: Probathyopsis newbilli Patterson 1939 [synonym]
†Probathyopsis lysitensis Kelley and Wood 1954
†Probathyopsis praecursor Simpson 1929
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Invalid names: Probathyopsis successor Jepsen 1930 [synonym], Prouintatherium hobackensis Dorr, Jr. 1958 [synonym]
†Probathyopsis sinyuensis Chow and Tung 1962
Invalid names: Bathyopsoides Patterson 1939 [synonym], Prouintatherium Dorr, Jr. 1958 [synonym]
G. †Prodinoceras Matthew et al. 1929
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†Prodinoceras martyr Matthew et al. 1929
Invalid names: Ganatherium Tong 1979 [synonym], Houyanotherium Tong 1979 [synonym], Jiaoluotherium Tong 1979 [synonym], Mongolotherium Flerov 1952 [synonym], Phenaceras Tong 1979 [synonym], Pyrodon Zhai 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas 1985Relatively small to medium-sized dinaceratans with a relatively non-molaritorm P2/; full set of upper and lower incisors: entoconids moderately to very distinct; entoconid and hypoco­ nid crests present on lower molars; lower molars relatively elongated; skull with single sagittal crest; astragalus bears a short, but distinct, neck (p).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-08-31 13:51:18
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:51:18
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lucas and Schoch 1998, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Cf1 or 58.70000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Probathyopsis harrisorum (15057 53059 190412 190414 190418 190419 190427 190429 190442 190445 190465 190466 190467 190488 190492) Probathyopsis sp. (187515)
Tiffanian - Clarkforkian61.7 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Probathyopsis praecursor (15211)
Gashatan58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) Prodinoceras efremovi (71076) Prodinoceras martyr (72203)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mongolia (Omngov) Prodinoceras martyr (133403)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Probathyopsis harrisorum (188220)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8China (Xinjiang) Pyrodon xinjiangensis (36659)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) Prodinoceras sp. (133391) Prodinoceras xinjiangensis (133389)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8China (Xin-jiang (Sinkiang)) Prodinoceras diconicus, Houyanotherium primigenum, Houyanotherium simplum, Jiaoluotherium turfanense (176619)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mongolia Prodinoceras sp. (133398)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mongolia (Ovorhangai) Prodinoceras sp. (133401)
Cf156.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Probathyopsis harrisorum (46649)
Cf256.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Probathyopsis harrisorum (46651) Probathyopsis sp. (46679)
Cf356.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Probathyopsis sp. (46676)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Bathyopsoides harrisorum (15093) Probathyopsis harrisorum (15183 164515 190431) Probathyopsis harrisorum, Probathyopsis praecursor (15176) Probathyopsis praecursor (15091 15094 15095 15099 15100 15102 15107 15109 15112 15114 15115 15121 15122 15126 15130 15137 15140 15154 15155 15158 15166 15167 15169 15171 15174 15179 15181 15196 15199 15207) Probathyopsis sp. (15072 15075 15089) Prouintatherium hobackensis (15076)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) Bathyopsoides harrisorum, Probathyopsis newbilli (15253) Prodinoceras newbilli (15237 15246 15250 15251 15252)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Probathyopsis lysitensis (15558 15964)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Shandong) Mongolotherium sp. (77929)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Jiangxi) Probathyopsis sinyuensis (182565)