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Protoceras

Mammalia - Protoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Protoceras Marsh p. 82
1902Protoceras Hay p. 673
1908Protoceras Matthew p. 561
1940Protoceras Scott p. 567 figs. Plates LX-LXII
1981Protoceras Webb p. 363
1988Protoceras Carroll
1998Protoceras Prothero p. 435
2003Protoceras Webb et al. p. 362
2007Protoceras Prothero and Ludtke p. 173

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
familyProtoceratidae
subfamilyProtoceratinae
genusProtoceras

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. †Protoceras Marsh 1891
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Protoceras celer Marsh 1891
Protoceras comptus Marsh 1894
Protoceras nasutus Marsh 1897
Protoceras neatodelpha Patton and Taylor 1973
Protoceras skinneri Patton and Taylor 1973
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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Prothero 1998, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Orellan to the top of the Hemingfordian or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 33.3Canada (Saskatchewan) P. celer (17111) P. sp. (17055)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8Canada (Saskatchewan) P. sp. (17372)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) P. celer (17316 17344) P. sp. (17359 17380)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (North Dakota) P. sp. (17320)
Whitneyan - Monroecreekian33.3 - 24.8Canada (Saskatchewan) P. celer (17306)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) P. skinneri (17522)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (South Dakota) P. skinneri (17520)
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (Wyoming) P. neatodelpha (17794)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Texas) P. sp. (18617)