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Behemotops proteus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4968812https://www.gbif.org/species/4968812
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)71785https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71785
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Paleoparadoxiidae : Behemotops : Behemotops proteus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Desmostylia : Behemotops : Behemotops proteus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
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
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
orderPerissodactyla
orderDesmostyliaReinhart 1953
genusBehemotopsDomning et al. 1986
speciesBehemotops proteusDomning Ray & McKenna 1986
Generic NameBehemotops
Scientific NameBehemotops proteus Domning, Ray & McKenna, 1986
Name Published InDomning, Daryl P., Clayton E. Ray & Malcolm C. McKenna. 1986. Two new Oligocene desmostylians and a discussion of tethytherian systematics. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 59: iii + 56.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Behemotops proteusspeciesbelongs to Behemotopsstated without evidenceDomning et al., 1986
Behemotops proteusspeciesbelongs to Behemotopsstated with evidenceDomning, 1996
Behemotops proteusspeciesbelongs to Behemotopsstated without evidenceBarnes and Goedert, 2001
Behemotops proteusspeciesbelongs to Behemotopsstated with evidenceDomning, 2008
Behemotops proteusspeciesbelongs to Behemotopsstated without evidenceMatsui, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentcoastal (based on Desmostylia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Desmostylia)
Dietherbivore (based on Desmostylia)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Desmostylia)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Desmostylia)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Desmostylia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. P. Domning, C. E. Ray, and M. C. McKenna. 1986. Two new Oligocene desmostylians and a discussion of Tethytherian systematics. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 59:1-56

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1986Behemotops proteus Domning et al. p. 6 figs. Fig. 4-15
1994Behemotops proteus Ray et al. p. 205
1996Behemotops proteus Domning p. 394
2001Behemotops proteus Barnes and Goedert p. 8
2008Behemotops proteus Domning p. 642
2015Behemotops proteus Beatty and Cockburn p. 2
2017Behemotops proteus Matsui p. 4

References

Domning D. P., Ray C. E., et al (1986) Two new Oligocene desmostylians and a discussion of Tethytherian systematics, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 59, 1-56
Ray C. E., Domning D. P., et al (1994) A new specimen of Behemotops proteus (Order Desmostylia) from the marine Oligocene of Washington, Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29, 205-222
Domning D. P. (1996) Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 80, 1-611
Barnes L. G., Goedert J. L. (2001) Stratigraphy and paleoecology of Oligocene and Miocene desmostylian occurrences in Western Washington State, U.S.A., Bulletin of the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology 2, 7-22
Domning D. P. (2008) Desmostylia, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume II, 640-645
Beatty B. L., Cockburn T. C. (2015) New insights on the most primitive desmostylian from a partial skeleton of Behemotops (Desmostylia, Mammalia) from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e979939 doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.979939
Matsui K. (2017) How can we reliably identify a taxon based on humeral morphology? Comparative morphology of desmostylian humeri, PeerJ 5, e4011 doi:10.7717/peerj.4011
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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