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Protosirex
Taxonomy
Protosirex was named by Rasnitsyn (1969). Its type is Protosirex xyelopterus. It is the type genus of Protosiricidae.
It was assigned to Gigasiricidae by Rasnitsyn (1969) and Carpenter (1992); and to Protosiricidae by Rasnitsyn and Zhang (2004) and Taeger et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Gigasiricidae by Rasnitsyn (1969) and Carpenter (1992); and to Protosiricidae by Rasnitsyn and Zhang (2004) and Taeger et al. (2010).
Species
P. xyelopterus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Protosirex Rasnitsyn p. 62 |
| 1992 | Protosirex Carpenter |
| 2004 | Protosirex Rasnitsyn and Zhang p. 1512 |
| 2010 | Protosirex Taeger et al. p. 96 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Callovian - Oxfordian | Kazakhstan (Chimkent) | P. xyelopterus (113439) |