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Proinia patagonica

Osteichthyes - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Proinia patagonica was named by True (1909). Its type specimen is YPM-PU 15459, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Darwin Station, which is in an Aquitanian marine horizon in the Monte Leon Formation of Argentina.

It was synonymized subjectively with Prosqualodon australis by Cozzuol (2010); it was considered a nomen dubium by de Muizon (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Proinia patagonica True p. 441 figs. Plate 43, Fig. 1
1942Proinia patagonica Kellogg p. 447
2025Proinia patagonica Gaetán et al. p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
genusProinia()
speciespatagonica

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.

†Proinia patagonica True 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available