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Desmatoclaenus protogonioides

Mammalia - Condylarthra

Taxonomy
Mioclaenus protogonioides was named by Cope (1882).

It was recombined as Claenodon protogonioides by Scott (1892), Hay (1902), Gidley (1919); it was recombined as Claenodon protogoniodes by Matthew (1897), Hay (1930); it was recombined as Protogonodon protogonioides by Matthew (1937); it was recombined as Desmatoclaenus protogonioides by Van Valen (1978), Middleton (1983), Williamson and Lucas (1993), Cifelli et al. (1995), Williamson (1996), Hunter (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Mioclaenus protogonioides Cope p. 833
1888Mioclaenus protogonioides Cope p. 329
1892Claenodon protogonioides Scott
1897Claenodon protogoniodes Matthew p. 291
1902Claenodon protogonioides Hay p. 747
1919Claenodon protogonioides Gidley
1930Claenodon protogoniodes Hay p. 464
1937Protogonodon protogonioides Matthew
1978Desmatoclaenus protogonioides Van Valen
1983Desmatoclaenus protogonioides Middleton
1993Desmatoclaenus protogonioides Williamson and Lucas
1995Desmatoclaenus protogonioides Cifelli et al.
1996Desmatoclaenus protogonioides Williamson
1997Desmatoclaenus protogonioides Hunter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
genusDesmatoclaenus
speciesprotogonioides()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (New Mexico) Desmatoclaenus protogonioides (14703) Desmatoclaenus sp. (14795)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Colorado) Desmatoclaenus protogonioides (14678 14792)