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Protosciurus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Protosciurus was named by Black (1963). It is not extant. Its type is Protosciurus condoni.

It was assigned to Sciuridae by Black (1963), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Korth et al. (2022).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Protosciurus Black
1997Protosciurus McKenna and Bell
2022Protosciurus Korth et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
genusProtosciurus

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.

G. †Protosciurus Black 1963
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Protosciurus condoni Black 1963
Protosciurus mengi Black 1963
Protosciurus rachelae Black 1963
Protosciurus tecuyensis Bryant 1945
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available