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Protopsalis
Taxonomy
Protopsalis was named by Cope (1880).
It was synonymized subjectively with Patriofelis by Wortman (1894), Matthew (1899), Osborn (1900), Hay (1902), Matthew (1909), Matthew and Granger (1915), Gazin (1957) and Guthrie (1971).
It was assigned to Hyaenodontidae by Scott (1892); to Oxyaenidae by Cope (1880), Denison (1938) and Gunnell (1998); and to Oxyaeninae by Van Valen (1967) and Stucky and Hardy (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Patriofelis by Wortman (1894), Matthew (1899), Osborn (1900), Hay (1902), Matthew (1909), Matthew and Granger (1915), Gazin (1957) and Guthrie (1971).
It was assigned to Hyaenodontidae by Scott (1892); to Oxyaenidae by Cope (1880), Denison (1938) and Gunnell (1998); and to Oxyaeninae by Van Valen (1967) and Stucky and Hardy (2007).
Species
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Gunnell 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | P. sp. (16207) |