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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Protoceratidae : Leptotragulus : Leptotragulus proavus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Protoceratidae : Leptotragulus : Leptotragulus proavus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Leptotragulus |
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| Scientific Name | Leptotragulus proavus Scott & Osborn, 1887 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Leptotragulus proavus | species | belongs to Leptotragulus | stated without evidence | Scott and Osborn, 1887 | | Leptotragulus proavus | species | belongs to Leptotragulus | stated with evidence | Peterson, 1919 | | Leptotragulus proavus | species | belongs to Leptotragulus | stated without evidence | Gazin, 1955 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | browser (based on Protoceratidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn. 1887. Preliminary Report on the Vertebrate Fossils of the Uinta Formation, Collected by the Princeton Expedition of 1886. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 24(126):255-264 |
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| Scott W. B., Osborn H. F. Preliminary Report on the Vertebrate Fossils of the Uinta Formation, Collected by the Princeton Expedition of 1886, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 24 126, 255-264 |
| Marsh O. C. Description of Tertiary artiodactyles, American Journal of Science 48 285, 259-275 doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-48.285.259 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Peterson O. A. (1919) Report Upon the Material Discovered in the Upper Eocene of the Uinta Basin by Earl Douglas in the Years 1908-1909, and by O. A. Peterson in 1912, Annals of Carnegie Museum 12 2, 40-168 |
| Gazin C. L. (1955) A review of the Upper Eocene Artiodactyla of North America, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 128 8, 1-96 |
Leptotragulus proavus ✝
