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Proterix

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Proterix was named by Matthew (1903). It is not extant. Its type is Proterix loomisi.

It was assigned to Erinaceinae by Hay (1930); to Protericini by Van Valen (1967) and Gunnell et al. (2008); and to Erinaceidae by Matthew (1903), Novacek et al. (1985), Gould (1995) and Korth et al. (2022).

Species
P. bicuspis, P. loomisi (type species), P. minimus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Proterix Matthew
1930Proterix Hay p. 434
1967Proterix Van Valen
1985Proterix Novacek et al.
1995Proterix Gould p. 13
2008Proterix Gunnell et al.
2022Proterix Korth 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyGalericinaePomel 1848
tribeProtericiniButler 1948
genusProterixMatthew 1903

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. †Proterix Matthew 1903
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†Proterix bicuspis Macdonald 1951
†Proterix loomisi Matthew 1903
†Proterix minimus Korth 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Chadronian to the top of the Geringian or 37.20000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.2 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) P. minimus (230806)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) P. loomisi (17312) P. loomisi, Apternodus bicuspis (17329) P. sp. (17317 17336 17338 17358 17384)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Nebraska) P. bicuspis (17325)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (17495)