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Prosthennops xiphodonticus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4971515https://www.gbif.org/species/4971515
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)50915https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=50915
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Prosthennops : Prosthennops xiphodonticus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Prosthennops : Prosthennops xiphodonticus
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
superfamilySuoideaGray 1821
familyTayassuidaePalmer 1897
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
genusProsthennopsMatthew and Gidley 1904
speciesProsthennops xiphodonticusBarbour 1925
Generic NameProsthennops
Scientific NameProsthennops xiphodonticus (Barbour, 1925)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Prosthennops xiphodonticusspeciesbelongs to Prosthennopsstated without evidenceBarbour, 1925
Prosthennops xiphodonticusspeciesbelongs to Dyseohyusstated without evidenceVoorhies, 1990
Prosthennops xiphodonticusspeciesbelongs to Prosthennopsstated without evidenceWright, 1993
Prosthennops xiphodonticusspeciesbelongs to Prosthennopsstated with evidenceWright, 1998
Prosthennops xiphodonticusspeciesbelongs to Prosthennopsstated without evidenceDutra et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance13.8 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore, omnivore (based on Tayassuidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. H. Barbour. 1925. Prosthennops xiphodonticus, sp. nov. a new fossil peccary from Nebraska. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 1(3):25-32

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Dyseohyus stirtoni Woodburne, 1969GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Prosthennops : Dyseohyus stirtoni
Dyseohyus xiphodonticus (Barbour, 1925)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Prosthennops : Dyseohyus xiphodonticus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1925Prosthennops xiphodonticus Barbour
1969Dyseohyus stirtoni Woodburne p. 325 figs. 3-4; Pl. 48-51
1983Prosthennops xiphodonticus Wright
1990Dyseohyus xiphodonticus Voorhies
1993Prosthennops xiphodonticus Wright
1998Prosthennops xiphodonticus Wright
2017Prosthennops xiphodonticus Dutra et al. p. 353

References

Barbour E. H. (1925) Prosthennops xiphodonticus, sp. nov. a new fossil peccary from Nebraska, Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 1 3, 25-32
Woodburne M. O. (1969) Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Cynorca and Dyseohyus (Tayassuidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 141 2, 273-355
Wright D. B. (1983) Later Miocene Tayassuidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) of North America, University of Nebraska, M. S. thesis, 1-350
Voorhies M. R. (1990) Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Ogallala Group in Nebraska, Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains, 115-151
Wright D. B. (1993) Evolution of sexually dimorphic characters in peccaries (Mammalia, Tayassuidae), Paleobiology 19 1, 52-70
Wright D. B. (1998) Tayassuidae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 389-401
Dutra R. P., Casali D. de M., et al (2017) Phylogenetic Systematics of Peccaries (Tayassuidae: Artiodactyla) and a Classification of South American Tayassuids, Journal of Mammalian Evolution 24 3, 345-358 doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9347-8
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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