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Propachynolophus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4830557	https://www.gbif.org/species/4830557
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	67961	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=67961

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Palaeotheriidae : Propachynolophus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Palaeotheriidae : Propachynolophus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
order	Perissodactyla
suborder	Lophodontomorpha	Hooker and Dashzeveg 2004
infraorder	Euperissodactyla	Hooker and Dashzeveg 2004
-	Hippomorpha
superfamily	Equoidea	Hay 1902
family	Palaeotheriidae	Bonaparte 1850
genus	Propachynolophus	Lemoine 1891

Scientific Name

Propachynolophus Lemoine, 1891

Name Published In

Bull. Soc. Géol. France, (3) 19

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Propachynolophus	genus	belongs to Palaeotheriidae	stated without evidence	Hooker, 1986
Propachynolophus	genus	belongs to Palaeotheriidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Palaeotheriidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

frugivore, folivore (based on Palaeotheriidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Propachynolophus duvali ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Propachynolophus gaudryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Propachynolophus maldani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Propalaeotherium hengyangensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1891	Propachynolophus Lemoine p. 285
1986	Propachynolophus Hooker p. 342
1989	Propachynolophus Prothero and Schoch p. 532
1997	Propachynolophus McKenna and Bell p. 473

References

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Hooker J. J. (1986) Mammals from the Bartonian (middle/late Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin, southern England, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 39 4, 191-478

Prothero D. R., Schoch R. M. (1989) Classification of the Perissodactyla, The Evolution of Perissodactyla, 530-537

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Soc. Géol. France, (3) 19 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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