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Prodeinotherium bavaricum

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae

Taxonomy
Deinotherium bavaricum was named by von Meyer (1831). Its type specimen is BSP AS I 220, a tooth (lower p3 dext.), and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Prodeinotherium bavaricum by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Huttunen and Göhlich (2002) and Aiglstorfer et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Deinotherium bavaricum von Meyer
1832Deinotherium cuvieri Kaup p. 2
1836Dinotherium secundarium Lartet p. 218
1930Prodeinotherium hungaricum Ehik
1961Dinotherium bavaricum Bergounioux and Crouzel p. 512
1996Prodeinotherium bavaricum Shoshani and Tassy p. 355 figs. Appendix C.1
2002Prodeinotherium bavaricum Huttunen and Göhlich p. 491
2014Prodeinotherium bavaricum Aiglstorfer et al.
2014Prodeinotherium cuvieri Aiglstorfer 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyDeinotheriidaeBonaparte 1845
genusProdeinotheriumEhik 1930
speciesbavaricum(von Meyer 1831)

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.

†Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831
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Invalid names: Dinotherium secundarium Lartet 1836 [synonym], Prodeinotherium cuvieri Kaup 1832 [synonym], Prodeinotherium hungaricum Ehik 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 16.90000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Greece (North Aegean) Prodeinotherium bavaricum (195540)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany Deinotherium bavaricum (70362)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Northern Frontier District) Prodeinotherium bavaricum (122454)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Deinotherium bavaricum (49102 69098 70359)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France Prodeinotherium bavaricum (187580)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.65France Deinotherium bavaricum (191823)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) Dinotherium cuvieri (71873)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Deinotherium bavaricum (148401)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Deinotherium bavaricum (31316)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) Deinotherium bavaricum (148396)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Deinotherium bavaricum (45599)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Prodeinotherium bavaricum (180192)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria Prodeinotherium bavaricum (51002)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Deinotherium bavaricum (32071 32072)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France (Gers) Deinotherium bavaricum (143472)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Greece (Aegean) Deinotherium bavaricum (182752)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Deinotherium bavaricum (142149)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Prodeinotherium bavaricum (69711)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Deinotherium bavaricum (45611)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bavaria) Prodeinotherium bavaricum (73996)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Deinotherium bavaricum (46277)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Catalonia) Deinotherium bavaricum (176268)