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Protodontidae
Taxonomy
Protodontidae was named by Woodward (1932). It is not extant. Its type is Protodus.
It was assigned to Elasmobranchii by Ginter et al. (2010); and to Chondrichthyes by Turner and Miller (2008), Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Elasmobranchii by Ginter et al. (2010); and to Chondrichthyes by Turner and Miller (2008), Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1932 | Protodontidae Woodward |
| 2008 | Protodontidae Turner and Miller p. 134 |
| 2010 | Protodontidae Ginter et al. p. 28 |
| 2016 | Protodontidae Nelson et al. p. 43 |
| 2019 | Protodontidae van der Laan p. 34 |
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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Emsian or 419.62000 to 393.47000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lochkovian | Norway | Protodus sp. (237822) | |
| Pragian - Emsian | Canada (New Brunswick) | Protodus jexi (90629) |