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Proterotherium ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4834251	https://www.gbif.org/species/4834251
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	43485	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43485

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proterotheriidae : Proterotherium

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Litopterna : Proterotheriidae : Proterotherium

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	Litopterna
suborder	Lopholipterna	Cifelli 1983
family	Proterotheriidae	Ameghino 1887
tribe	Brachytherini	Ameghino 1891
genus	Proterotherium	Ameghino 1883

Scientific Name

Proterotherium Ameghino, 1883

Name Published In

Bol. Acad. Córdoba, 5

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Proterotherium	genus	belongs to Proterotherini	stated with evidence	Ameghino, 1891
Proterotherium	genus	belongs to Proterotheridae	stated without evidence	Ameghino, 1894
Proterotherium	genus	belongs to Proterotheriidae	implied	Carroll, 1988

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

29.0 - 21.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

6.80 - 4.00 Ma
Neogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Litopterna)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. Ameghino. 1883. Sobre una nueva colección de mamíferos fósiles recogidos por el Profesor Scalabrini en Las Barrancas del Paraña [On a collection of fossil mammals collected by Professor Scalabrini in Las Barrancas of Paraña]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 5(3):55-104

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anisolophus minusculus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Anoplotherium americanum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadiaphorus caniadensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Diadiaphorus coelops ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Diadiaphorus diplinthius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Diadiaphorus eversus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	9.00 Ma Miocene	9.00 Ma Miocene
Diadiaphorus majusculus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Diadiaphorus minusculus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Diadiaphorus robustus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	17.5 Ma Miocene
Diadiaphorus sanctaecrucis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Diadiaphorus velox ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Epitherium laternarium ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	6.80 Ma Miocene	6.80 Ma Miocene
Heptaconus acer ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium acer ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium americanum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Proterotherium australe ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	17.5 Ma Miocene	17.5 Ma Miocene
Proterotherium brachygnathum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium browni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium cavum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	17.5 Ma Miocene	17.5 Ma Miocene
Proterotherium cervioides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	9.00 Ma Miocene	9.00 Ma Miocene
Proterotherium cingulatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium curtidens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium dichotomum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium divortium ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium dodgei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proterotherium dogei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium gradatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proterotherium intermedium ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	17.5 Ma Miocene	17.5 Ma Miocene
Proterotherium karaikense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium mixtum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium nitens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium perpolitum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium politum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium principale ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proterotherium pyramidatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Thoatherium bilobatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Thoatherium crepidatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Thoatherium karaikense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Thoatherium minusculum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	23.0 Ma Miocene	17.5 Ma Miocene
Thoatherium rhabdodon ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Thoatherium velatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Tichodon quadrilobus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1883	Proterotherium Ameghino p. 89
1885	Anisolophus Burmeister
1887	Diadiaphorus Ameghino
1887	Thoatherium Ameghino
1888	Epitherium Ameghino pp. 15-16
1891	Proterotherium Ameghino p. 10
1891	Diadiaphorus Ameghino p. 11
1891	Thoatherium Ameghino p. 11
1891	Anomodontherium Mercerat
1891	Bunodontherium Mercerat
1891	Merycodon Mercerat
1891	Oreomeryx Mercerat

Year	Name and Author
1891	Rhagodon Mercerat
1893	Diaphragmodon Mercerat
1894	Proterotherium Ameghino p. 34
1894	Tichodon Ameghino p. 42
1894	Heptaconus Ameghino p. 44
1894	Thoatherium Ameghino p. 44
1894	Diadiaphorus Ameghino p. 45
1894	Diadiaphorus Lydekker p. 58
1894	Epitherium Lydekker p. 61
1988	Diadiaphorus Carroll
1988	Proterotherium Carroll
1988	Thoatherium Carroll

References

Ameghino F. Sobre una nueva colección de mamíferos fósiles recogidos por el Profesor Scalabrini en Las Barrancas del Paraña [On a collection of fossil mammals collected by Professor Scalabrini in Las Barrancas of Paraña], Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 5 3, 55-104

Ameghino F. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections], Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1, 289-328

Ameghino F. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie, Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13, 259-452

Lydekker R. Contributions to a knowledge of the Fossil Vertebrates of Argentina. III - A study of extinct argentine ungulates, Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 2 3, 1-86

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

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

Bol. Acad. Córdoba, 5 - 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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