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Poabromylus kayi

Mammalia - Protoceratidae

Taxonomy
Poabromylus kayi was named by Peterson (1932) [genotype]. Its type specimen is CM 11753, a mandible (Left ramus of mandible with P3 to M3, inclusive), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Titanothere Quarry, which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Duchesne River Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Poabromylus kayi Peterson
1955Poabromylus kayi Gazin p. 91

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
familyProtoceratidae
genusPoabromylus
specieskayi

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.

†Poabromylus kayi Peterson 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:39:46
Modified: 2009-01-07 18:24:42
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Prothero 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Duchesnean or 39.70000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) Poabromylus kayi (16828)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Utah) Poabromylus kayi (type locality: 16861)