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Prosynthetoceras orthrionanus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4970489https://www.gbif.org/species/4970489
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)50919https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=50919
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Protoceratidae : Prosynthetoceras : Prosynthetoceras orthrionanus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Protoceratidae : Prosynthetoceras : Prosynthetoceras orthrionanus
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
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
-RuminantiamorphaSpaulding et al. 2009
familyProtoceratidaeMarsh 1891
subfamilySynthetoceratinaeFrick 1937
tribeSynthetoceratiniWebb 1981
genusProsynthetocerasPatton 1967
speciesProsynthetoceras orthrionanusAlbright 1999
Generic NameProsynthetoceras
Scientific NameProsynthetoceras orthrionanus Albright, 1999
Name Published InAlbright, L. B. 1999. Ungulates of the Toledo Bend Local Fauna (late Arikareean, early Miocene), Texas Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 42(1): 1-80.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Prosynthetoceras orthrionanusspeciesbelongs to Prosynthetocerasstated without evidenceAlbright, 1999
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 20.4 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance23.0 - 20.4 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser (based on Protoceratidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. B. Albright. 1999. Ungulates of the Toledo Bend local fauna (late Arikareean, early Miocene), Texas Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, Biological Sciences 42(1):1-80

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1999Prosynthetoceras orthrionanus Albright

References

Albright L. B. (1999) Ungulates of the Toledo Bend local fauna (late Arikareean, early Miocene), Texas Coastal Plain, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, Biological Sciences 42 1, 1-80
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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