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Paramynodon

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae

Taxonomy
Paramynodon was named by Matthew (1829). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Amynodontidae by Carroll (1988); to Metamynodontinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Metamynodontini by Wall and Manning (1986) and Averianov et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Paramynodon Matthew
1986Paramynodon Wall and Manning p. 911
1988Paramynodon Carroll
1989Paramynodon Prothero and Schoch p. 534
2017Paramynodon Averianov et al.

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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
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyAmynodontidae
tribeMetamynodontini(Kretzoi 1942)
genusParamynodonMatthew 1829

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.

G. †Paramynodon Matthew 1829
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:05:00
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:05:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wall 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Guangxi) P. sp. (190964)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar P. birmanicus (41180 41264 41281 41282 41283 41285 41287 41290 41291 41304 41307 41313 41314 41315 41316 41317 41318 41320 41321 41323)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Myanmar P. birmanicus (41265)