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Probassariscus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Taxonomy
Probassariscus was named by Merriam (1911).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bassariscus by Hall (1927), Hall (1930) and Gregory and Downs (1951).

It was assigned to Procyonidae by Merriam (1911), Baskin (1989) and Voorhies (1990); to Procyoninae by Baskin (1998); and to Procyonini by Baskin (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Probassariscus Merriam
1981Rhapsodus Linares p. 114
1982Rhapsodus Linares
1989Probassariscus Baskin
1990Probassariscus Voorhies
1998Probassariscus Baskin p. 147
2004Probassariscus Baskin p. 714

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyProcyonidaeGray 1825
subfamilyProcyoninaeGray 1825
tribeProcyoniniGray 1825
genusProbassariscus

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. †Probassariscus Merriam 1911
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†Probassariscus matthewi Merriam 1911
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Invalid names: Rhapsodus tedfordi Linares 1981 [synonym]
Invalid names: Rhapsodus Linares 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available