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Protungulatum
Taxonomy
Protungulatum was named by Sloan and Van Valen (1965). It is not extant. Its type is Protungulatum donnae.
It was assigned to Oxyclaeninae by Sloan and Van Valen (1965); to Ungulata by Archibald (1998), Eberle (2003); to Eutheria by Wible et al. (2007); and to Arctocyonidae by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Tabuce et al. (2011), Atteberry and Eberle (2021).
It was assigned to Oxyclaeninae by Sloan and Van Valen (1965); to Ungulata by Archibald (1998), Eberle (2003); to Eutheria by Wible et al. (2007); and to Arctocyonidae by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Tabuce et al. (2011), Atteberry and Eberle (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1965 | Protungulatum Sloan and Van Valen |
| 1979 | Protungulatum Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223 |
| 1998 | Protungulatum Archibald |
| 2003 | Protungulatum Eberle p. 150 |
| 2004 | Protungulatum Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 495, 514 fig. 13.28B |
| 2007 | Protungulatum Wible et al. |
| 2011 | Protungulatum Tabuce et al. p. 152 |
| 2021 | Protungulatum Atteberry and Eberle |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Protungulatum Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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†Protungulatum coombsi Archibald et al. 2011
†Protungulatum donnae Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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Invalid names: Protungulatum mckeeveri Archibald 1982 [synonym]
†Protungulatum gorgun Van Valen 1978
†Protungulatum sloani Van Valen 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Wilson 1975, Ji et al. 2002, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Puercan or 72.20000 to 63.80000 Ma
Collections (50 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | P. sp. (14514) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | P. coombsi (110464) P. gorgun (14674) | |
| Pu1 | USA (Montana) | P. donnae (14762) | |
| Puercan | USA (Montana) | P. donnae (14663 14667 14671 14749 14751 14753 14759 14771 14777 14779 14786 14798 193844 231047) P. donnae, P. gorgun (14699 14705 14754 14780 14784 14785 14787 14788) P. gorgun (14676 14698 14755 14757 14763 14776 14782) P. mckeeveri (14761) P. sp. (14766 14770 14809) P. sp., P. donnae, P. gorgun (14672 14741) | |
| Puercan | USA (Wyoming) | P. donnae (14708 14709 14711 14720 174233) P. donnae, P. gorgun (14722) P. donnae, P. sloani (14796) | |
| Puercan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | P. donnae (14737 14756) | |
| Puercan | USA (North Dakota) | P. sp. (14765) | |
| Puercan | USA (Colorado) | P. donnae (176863) |