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Proterogyrinus

Proterogyrinidae

Taxonomy
Proterogyrinus was named by Romer (1970). Its type is Proterogyrinus scheelei. It is the type genus of Proterogyrinidae.

It was assigned to Proterogyrinidae by Romer (1970) and Carroll (1988).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Mauchchunkia Hotton, III p. 6
1970Proterogyrinus Romer p. 2
1988Proterogyrinus Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
familyProterogyrinidae
genusProterogyrinus

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. †Proterogyrinus Romer 1970
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Invalid names: Mauchchunkia bassa Hotton, III 1970 [synonym]
Invalid names: Mauchchunkia Hotton, III 1970 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Arnsbergian or 326.40000 to 318.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian326.4 - 318.1USA (West Virginia) Mauchchunkia bassa, P. scheelei (124949)