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Synthetoceratini

Osteichthyes - Protoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Synthetoceratini Webb
1998Synthetoceratini Prothero p. 435
2003Synthetoceratini Webb et al. p. 362
2007Synthetoceratini Prothero and Ludtke p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
familyProtoceratidae
subfamilySynthetoceratinaeFrick 1937
tribeSynthetoceratini
tribeSynthetoceratini

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.

Tr. †Synthetoceratini Webb 1981
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G. †Lambdoceras Stirton 1967
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†Lambdoceras hessei Stirton 1967
†Lambdoceras siouxensis Frick 1937
†Lambdoceras trinitiensis Patton and Taylor 1971
G. †Prosynthetoceras Frick 1937
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Invalid names: Dromomeryx angustidens Hay 1924 [synonym], Merycodus grandis Hay 1924 [synonym], Syndyoceras australis White 1941 [synonym], Synthetoceras (Prosynthetoceras) douglasi White 1947 [synonym], Synthetoceras rileyi Frick 1937 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Prothero 1998, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Barstovian or 23.04000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (Texas) Prosynthetoceras texanus, Protoceras sp. (18663)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Texas) Prosynthetoceras francisi (18644 18671) Prosynthetoceras texanus (18615) Prosynthetoceras trinitiensis (18634)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Florida) Protoceratidae indet. (18503)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Louisiana) Prosynthetoceras sp. (163859)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Texas) Prosynthetoceras francisi, Prosynthetoceras texanus (18642)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (New Jersey) Prosynthetoceras sp. (17910)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Florida) Prosynthetoceras texanus (18561 18586) Synthetoceras douglasi, Syndyoceras australis (18597)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) Lambdoceras sp. (17952)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Texas) Blastomeryx texanus (18617) Dromomeryx angustidens, Dromomeryx texanus, Merycodus grandis (18626) Prosynthetoceras texanus (18635 18651 75945)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (South Dakota) Lambdoceras hessei (17912)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian18.5 - 12.5USA (Texas) Prosynthetoceras texanus (18636)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Prosynthetoceras sp. (18192 18275)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Louisiana) Prosynthetoceras francisi (18621)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Palaeomerycidae indet. (18646) Prosynthetoceras francisi (18628 18641 18673 18675) Prosynthetoceras sp. (18608 18619 18620 18637) Protoceratidae indet. (18627) Synthetoceras rileyi (18604)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Prosynthetoceras francisi (18674) Prosynthetoceras trinitiensis (18665)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Neotragocerus improvisus (17983) Prosynthetoceras siouxensis (17905 17976 17985 18011 18019)