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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4829797	https://www.gbif.org/species/4829797
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42239	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42239

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Mioclaenidae : Promioclaenus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Condylarthra : Hyopsodontidae : Promioclaenus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Ungulata
suborder	Condylarthra	Cope 1881
family	Hyopsodontidae	Trouessart 1879
genus	Promioclaenus	Trouessart & E.L. 1904

Scientific Name

Promioclaenus Trouessart & E.L., 1904

Name Published In

Cat. Mamm., n. ed., Suppl.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Promioclaenus	genus	belongs to Mioclaenidae	stated without evidence	Trouessart, 1904
Promioclaenus	genus	belongs to Hyopsodontidae	stated without evidence	Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg, 1958
Promioclaenus	genus	belongs to Mioclaenidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Promioclaenus	genus	belongs to Mioclaenidae	stated without evidence	Archibald, 1998
Promioclaenus	genus	belongs to Mioclaeninae	stated without evidence	Zack et al., 2005
Promioclaenus	genus	belongs to Mioclaenidae	stated without evidence	Burger, 2007
Promioclaenus	genus	belongs to Hyopsodontidae	stated with evidence	Williamson and Weil, 2011
Promioclaenus	genus	belongs to Hyopsodontidae	stated without evidence	Scott et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 63.3 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Hyopsodontidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hyopsodus acolytus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	39	63.3 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Promioclaenus pipiringosi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	61.7 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Promioclaenus siurenensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Promioclaenus thnetus ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	63.3 Ma Paleocene	63.3 Ma Paleocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1904	Promioclaenus Trouessart
1939	Jepsenia Gazin
1958	Promioclaenus Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg p. 18
1973	Promioclaenus Chow et al.
1997	Promioclaenus McKenna and Bell
1998	Promioclaenus Archibald
2005	Promioclaenus Zack et al.
2007	Promioclaenus Burger p. 146
2011	Promioclaenus Williamson and Weil
2013	Promioclaenus Scott et al.

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Gazin C. L. (1939) A further contribution to the Dragon Paleocene fauna of central Utah, Journal of Washington Academy of Sciences 29 7, 273-286

Dehm R., Oettingen-Spielberg T. (1958) Paläontologische und geologische Untersuchungen im Tertiär von Pakistan, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathewmatisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 91, 1-54

Chow M. M., Chang Y.-P., et al (1973) New mammalian genera and species from the Paleocene of Nanhsiung, N. Kwangtung, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 11 1, 31-35

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Archibald J. D. (1998) Archaic ungulates ("Condylarthra"), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1, 292-331

Zack S. P., Penkrot T. A., et al (2005) A new apheliscine "condylarth" mammal from the late Paleocene of Montana and Alberta and the phylogeny of "hyopsodontids", Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 4, 809-830

Burger B. J. (2007) A New Late Paleocene Vertebrate Fauna from the Ohio Creek Formation of Western Colorado, Mountain Geologist 44 3, 141-150

Williamson T. E., Weil A. (2011) A new early Paleocene (Puercan) hyopsodontid “condylarth” from New Mexico, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 2, 247-255 doi:doi:10.4202/app.2009.0147

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

Cat. Mamm., n. ed., Suppl. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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