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Paratylopus ✝

Description

Paratylopus is an extinct genus of camelid, endemic to North America. It lived from the Oligocene to the Middle Miocene 33.9—16.0 Mya, existing for approximately 18 million years. Fossils have been found in western Wyoming, and from eastern Nebraska to northeastern Colorado and southwestern South Dakota.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratylopus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3240371https://www.gbif.org/species/3240371
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)42544https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42544
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Paratylopus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Paratylopus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
suborderTylopoda
superfamilyCameloidea
familyCamelidaeGray 1821
genusParatylopusMatthew 1904
Scientific NameParatylopus Matthew, 1904
Name Published InBull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 20
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paratylopusgenusbelongs to Camelidaestated without evidenceMatthew, 1909
Paratylopusgenusbelongs to Camelidaestated with evidenceScott, 1940
Paratylopusgenusbelongs to Camelinaestated without evidenceSimpson, 1945
Paratylopusgenusbelongs to CamelidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Paratylopusgenusbelongs to Camelidaestated with evidenceProthero, 1996
Paratylopusgenusbelongs to Camelidaestated without evidenceHoney et al., 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser, browser (based on Camelidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. D. Matthew. 1904. Notice of two new Oligocene camels. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(18):211-215
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratylopus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Paratylopus matthewi ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Paratylopus wortmani ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Poebrotherium labiatum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1037.2 Ma
Eocene		33.9 Ma
Oligocene

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Protomeryx halli (Leidy, 1856)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Paratylopus : Protomeryx halli
Poebrotherium hallii (Leidy, 1856)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Paratylopus : Poebrotherium hallii

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1856Protomeryx halli Leidy p. 164
1857Protomeryx halli Leidy p. 89
1874Poebrotherium hallii Cope p. 23
1902Protomeryx halli Hay p. 676
1904Miolabis (Paratylopus) Matthew p. 211
1909Paratylopus Matthew
1921Paratylopus Lull p. 394
YearName and Author
1940Paratylopus Scott p. 611
1940Paratylopus White p. 622
1945Paratylopus Simpson p. 150
1988Paratylopus Carroll
1996Paratylopus Prothero p. 622
1998Paratylopus Honey et al. p. 441

References

Matthew W. D. (1904) Notice of two new Oligocene camels, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20 18, 211-215
Leidy J. Notice of some remains of extinct vertebrated animals, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 163-165
Cope E. D. Supplementary additions to the Synopsis of New Vertebrata from the Territory of Colorado, 1873, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 1 1, 22-28
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Matthew W. D. (1909) The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene, Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9, 289-567
Lull R. S. (1921) New camels in the Marsh collection, American Journal of Science 1 5, 392-404 doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-1.5.392
Scott W. B. (1940) The mammalian fauna of the White River Oligocene; Part 4, Artiodactyla; Part 5, Perissodactyla, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 28 4, 363-746
White T. E. (1940) New Miocene Vertebrates From Florida, Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 18, 31-38
Simpson G. G. (1945) The principles of classification and a classification of mammals, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85, 1-350
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Prothero D. R. (1996) Camelidae, The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America, 609-651
Honey J. G., Harrison J. A., et al (1998) Camelidae, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1, 439-462
GBIF/Paleo Database - 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. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 20 - 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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