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Protoreodon petersoni
Taxonomy
Protoreodon petersoni was named by Gazin (1955). Its type specimen is PU 14404, a partial skeleton (Skull and jaws with complete dentition, and other skeletal portions), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1955 | Protoreodon petersoni Gazin |
1969 | Protoreodon petersoni Ferrusquia-Villafranca |
1976 | Protoreodon petersoni Golz |
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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.
†Protoreodon petersoni Gazin 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lander 1998, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Texas) | Protoreodon petersoni (16542 16614) | |
Uintan | USA (Texas) | Protoreodon petersoni (16534 16535 16537 16546 16624) | |
Uintan | USA (Utah) | Protoreodon petersoni (16589 16593 type locality: 16607) | |
Uintan | USA (Wyoming) | Protoreodon petersoni (16513 16517) | |
Duchesnean | USA (Texas) | Protoreodon petersoni (16838) | |
Chadronian | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Protoreodon petersoni (17015) |