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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Oromerycidae : Protylopus : Protylopus petersoni |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Oromerycidae : Protylopus : Protylopus petersoni |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Protylopus |
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| Scientific Name | Protylopus petersoni Wortman, 1898 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Protylopus petersoni | species | belongs to Protylopus | stated without evidence | Wortman, 1898 | | Protylopus petersoni | species | belongs to Protylopus | stated with evidence | Peterson, 1919 | | Protylopus petersoni | species | belongs to Protylopus | 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 - 37.2 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 Oromerycidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. L. Wortman. 1898. The extinct Camelidae of North America and some associated forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 10(7):93-141 |
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| Wortman J. L. The extinct Camelidae of North America and some associated forms, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 10 7, 93-141 |
| 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 |
| Golz D. J. (1976) Eocene Artiodactyla of Southern California, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Count, Science Bulletin 26, 1-85 |
| Prothero D. R. (1998) Oromerycidae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 426-430 |
Protylopus petersoni ✝
