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Taxonomy
Proteles was named by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1824). It is extant. Its type is Proteles lalandii.
It was assigned to Hyenina by Gray (1825); to Protelinae by Mivart (1882); to Protelidae by Koehler and Richardson (1990); and to Hyaenidae by Werdelin and Solunias (1991), Koepfli et al. (2006), Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
It was assigned to Hyenina by Gray (1825); to Protelinae by Mivart (1882); to Protelidae by Koehler and Richardson (1990); and to Hyaenidae by Werdelin and Solunias (1991), Koepfli et al. (2006), Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1824 | Proteles Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire |
| 1825 | Proteles Gray p. 339 |
| 1830 | Geocyon Wagler p. 30 |
| 1882 | Proteles Mivart p. 143 |
| 1990 | Proteles Koehler and Richardson p. 1 |
| 1991 | Proteles Werdelin and Solunias |
| 2006 | Proteles Koepfli et al. p. 604 |
| 2010 | Proteles Werdelin and Peigne p. 643 |
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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. Proteles Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1824
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Proteles cristatus Sparrman 1783 [aardwolf]
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Proteles cristatus cristatus Sparrman 1783
Proteles cristatus pallidior Cabrera 1910
Invalid names: Proteles lalandii Geoffroy 1824 [synonym], Proteles typicus Smith 1834 [synonym], Viverra hyenoides Desmarest 1820 [synonym]
Proteles cristatus septentrionalis Rothschild 1902
†Proteles transvaalensis Hendey 1974
Invalid names: Geocyon Wagler 1830 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | P. sp. (22330) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | P. sp., P. transvaalensis (21824) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | P. cristatus (21825 21829) P. sp. (21828 21920) | |
| Calabrian | South Africa | P. sp. (21822) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | P. cristata (21693) |