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Pronesodon ✝

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4835839https://www.gbif.org/species/4835839
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)53658https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53658
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae : Pronesodon
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Toxodontidae : Pronesodon
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderNotoungulataRoth 1903
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
familyToxodontidaeAmeghino 1889
subfamilyNesodontinae
genusPronesodonAmeghino 1895
Scientific NamePronesodon Ameghino, 1895
Name Published InBol. Inst. Geogr. Argent., 15, 1894
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pronesodongenusbelongs to Nesodontidaestated with evidenceAmeghino, 1897
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Notoungulata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. Ameghino. 1894. Sur les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie; et la faune mammalogique des couches à Pyrotherium. Boletin del Instituto Geographico Argentino 15:501-660

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Pronesodon cristatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Pronesodon robustus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Pronesodon vates ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1897Pronesodon Ameghino p. 467

References

Ameghino F. Sur les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie; et la faune mammalogique des couches à Pyrotherium, Boletin del Instituto Geographico Argentino 15, 501-660
Ameghino F. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)], Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18 4–9, 406-521
Bol. Inst. Geogr. Argent., 15, 1894 - 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
Presumed from author name + absence from Wilson + Reeder (subject to confirmation) - 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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