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Protarsomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Protarsomys was named by Lavocat (1973). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Afrocricetodontinae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Democricetodontinae by Mein and Pickford (2003).

Species
P. lavocati

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Protarsomys Lavocat p. 213
1997Protarsomys McKenna and Bell p. 156
2003Protarsomys Mein and Pickford

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyDemocricetodontinae()
genusProtarsomysLavocat 1973

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. †Protarsomys Lavocat 1973
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†Protarsomys lavocati Mein and Pickford 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available