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Prolimnocyon

Mammalia - Creodonta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Prolimnocyon Matthew and Granger
1966Prolimnocyon Van Valen
1967Prolimnocyon Van Valen
1979Prolimnocyon Bown
1989Prolimnocyon Gingerich and Deutsch
1998Prolimnocyon Gunnell
2005Prolimnocyon Morlo and Gunnell p. 251
2007Prolimnocyon Peigné et al. p. 453
2012Prolimnocyon Rose et al.
2013Prolimnocyon Solé
2016Prolimnocyon Borths 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
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
subfamilyLimnocyoninae
genusProlimnocyon

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. †Prolimnocyon Matthew and Granger 1915
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†Prolimnocyon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915
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Invalid names: Prolimnocyon elisabethae Gazin 1952 [synonym]
†Prolimnocyon atavus Matthew and Granger 1915
†Prolimnocyon chowi Meng et al. 1998
†Prolimnocyon eerius Gingerich 1989
†Prolimnocyon haematus Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: "scansorial" (Gebo and Rose 1993)g
Created: 2011-04-25 11:53:41
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:53:41
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Gebo and Rose 1993, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Clarkforkian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 56.20000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) P. chowi (133389)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) P. atavus (15092)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. antiquus (15915 15917 16078)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. antiguus (46827) P. antiquus (15563 15567 15710 15904 15906) P. atavus (15468 15493 15507 15510 15516 15519 15520 15524 15531 15532 15534 15542 15544 15548 15577 15594 15622 15686 15705 15782 15790 15799 15814 15912 15932 15934 16021 16055 46704 46742 46765 46809 46820 46831 46849) P. atavus, P. haematus (15796) P. eerius (15759) P. elisabethae (15454 15662 15964) P. haematus (15727 15733 15736 15756 15762 15765 15779 15787 15788 15792 15793 15813) P. sp. (15552 15559 15573 15576 15689 27268)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Mexico (Baja California) P. sp. (15671)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (15583)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) P. atavus (15222 15350) P. haematus (15480 15485) P. sp. (15338 15372 15379 15388)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) P. atavus (15684) P. eerius (154262)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) P. antiquus (16198 16207 16415) P. sp. (15837 16258)