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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4835233	https://www.gbif.org/species/4835233
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42610	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42610

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hypertragulidae : Prodremotherium

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Prodremotherium

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
order	Artiodactyla	Owen 1848
-	Ruminantiamorpha	Spaulding et al. 2009
-	Ruminantia
genus	Prodremotherium	Filhol 1877

Scientific Name

Prodremotherium Filhol, 1877

Name Published In

Ann. Sci. Géol. Paris, 8, no. 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Prodremotherium	genus	subjective synonym of Leptomeryx	stated without evidence	Cope, 1879
Prodremotherium	genus	belongs to Pecora	stated with evidence	Geraads et al., 1987
Prodremotherium	genus	belongs to Leptomerycidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Prodremotherium	genus	belongs to Prodremotheridae	stated with evidence	Guo et al., 1999
Prodremotherium	genus	belongs to Gelocidae	stated with evidence	Vislobokova, 2001
Prodremotherium	genus	belongs to Ruminantia	stated with evidence	Mennecart and Métais, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Last Recorded Appearance

28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

grazer, browser (based on Artiodactyla)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. Lander. 1998. Oreodontoidea. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Prodremotherium beatrix ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prodremotherium elongatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Prodremotherium flerowi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prodremotherium trepidum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1877	Prodremotherium Filhol
1987	Prodremotherium Geraads et al.
1988	Prodremotherium Carroll
1999	Prodremotherium Guo et al.
2001	Prodremotherium Vislobokova p. S133
2015	Prodremotherium Mennecart and Métais

References

Lander B. (1998) Oreodontoidea, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 402-425

Geraads D., Bouvrain G., et al (1987) Relations phylétiques de Bachitherium Filhol, ruminant de l'Oligocène d'Europe Occidentale, Palaeovertebrata 17 2, 43-73

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

Guo J.-W., Qi T., et al (1999) A restudy of the Eocene ruminants from Baise and Yongle basins, Guangxi, China, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37 1, 18-39

Vislobokova I. A. (2001) Evolution and classification of Tragulina (Ruminantia, Artiodactyla), Paleontological Journal Suppl. 2, S69-S145

Mennecart B., Métais G. (2015) Mosaicomeryx gen. nov., a ruminant mammal from the Oligocene of Europe and the significance of ‘gelocids’, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 7, 581-600

Ann. Sci. Géol. Paris, 8, no. 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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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