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Protictis (Bryanictis)

Osteichthyes - Viverravidae

Taxonomy
Bryanictis was named by MacIntyre (1966) [named as subgenus of Protictis by MacIntyre 1966; raised to genus, as suggested by Van Valen 1969].

It was synonymized subjectively with Protictis by Rose (1981), Hartman (1986), Williamson and Lucas (1993); it was reranked as Protictis (Bryanictis) by Flynn and Galiano (1982).

It was assigned to Protictis by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Didymictidae by Gingerich and Winkler (1985), Fox and Youzwyshyn (1994), Polly (1997), Secord (1998), Flynn (1998), Cifelli et al. (1999); and to Viverravidae by Rigby (1980), Winterfeld (1982), Meehan and Wilson (2002), Scott et al. (2013).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Bryanictis MacIntyre
1980Bryanictis Rigby, Jr.
1982Protictis (Bryanictis) Flynn and Galiano p. 24
1982Bryanictis Winterfeld
1985Bryanictis Gingerich and Winkler
1994Bryanictis Fox and Youzwyshyn
1997Bryanictis Polly
1998Bryanictis Flynn
1998Bryanictis Secord
1999Bryanictis Cifelli et al.
2002Bryanictis Meehan and Wilson p. 1099
2013Bryanictis Scott et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
familyViverravidae
genusProtictis(Matthew)
subgenusBryanictis(MacIntyre 1966)

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.

Subg. †Protictis (Bryanictis) MacIntyre 1966
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Bryanictis microlestes Simpson 1935
Bryanictis paulus Meehan and Wilson 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available