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Pronothodectes matthewi ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4974487https://www.gbif.org/species/4974487
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)50864https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=50864
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Plesiadapidae : Pronothodectes : Pronothodectes matthewi
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Plesiadapidae : Pronothodectes : Pronothodectes matthewi
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
orderPrimatesLinnaeus 1758
-EuprimateformesBloch et al. 2007
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyPlesiadapidaeTrouessart 1897
genusPronothodectesGidley 1923
speciesPronothodectes matthewiGidley 1923
Generic NamePronothodectes
Scientific NamePronothodectes matthewi Gidley, 1923
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pronothodectes matthewispeciesbelongs to Pronothodectesstated without evidenceGidley, 1923
Pronothodectes matthewispeciesbelongs to Pronothodectesstated with evidenceSimpson, 1937
Pronothodectes matthewispeciesbelongs to Pronothodectesstated without evidenceGazin, 1969
Pronothodectes matthewispeciesbelongs to Pronothodectesstated with evidenceGingerich, 1975
Pronothodectes matthewispeciesbelongs to Pronothodectesstated without evidenceFox, 1990
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Plesiadapoidea)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Plesiadapoidea)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Plesiadapoidea)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1923Pronothodectes matthewi Gidley
1937Pronothodectes matthewi Simpson p. 165
1969Pronothodectes matthewi Gazin p. 7
1975Pronothodectes matthewi Gingerich p. 136
1990Pronothodectes matthewi Fox p. 638
2013Pronothodectes matthewi Scott et al.

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Simpson G. G. (1937) The Fort Union of the Crazy Mountain field, Montana and its mammalian faunas, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 169, 1-287
Gazin C. L. (1969) A new occurrence of Paleocene mammals in the Evanston Formation, southwestern Wyoming, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 2, 1-16
Gingerich P. D. (1975) New North American Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates) and a biostratigraphic zonation of the middle and upper Paleocene, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 24 13, 135-148
Fox R. C. (1990) Pronothodectes gaoi n. sp. from the Late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, and the Early Evolution of the Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates), Journal of Paleontology 64 4
Scott C. S., Spivak D. N., et al (2013) First mammals from the Paleocene Porcupine Hills Formation of southwestern Alberta, Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50, 355-378
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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