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Protoscaphirhynchus

Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae

Taxonomy
Protoscaphirhynchus was named by Wilimovsky (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo K Camp Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. Its type is Protoscaphirhynchus squamosus.

It was assigned to Scaphirhynchini by Grande and Bemis (1996); to Acipenseriformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acipenseridae by Wilimovsky (1956), Estes (1969), Bryant (1989), Grande and Hilton (2006).

Species
P. squamosus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Protoscaphirhynchus Wilimovsky pp. 1206-1207
1969Protoscaphirhynchus Estes p. 3
1989Protoscaphirhynchus Bryant p. 18
1996Protoscaphirhynchus Grande and Bemis p. 112 fig. 11
2002Protoscaphirhynchus Sepkoski
2006Protoscaphirhynchus Grande and Hilton p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
familyAcipenseridaeBonaparte 1831
subfamilyScaphirhynchinae(Bonaparte 1846)
genusProtoscaphirhynchus

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. †Protoscaphirhynchus Wilimovsky 1956
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†Protoscaphirhynchus squamosus Wilimovsky 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterg
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquaticg
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2005-09-14 13:43:24
Modified: 2005-09-14 15:43:24
Source: g = genus, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bryant 1989

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) P. squamosus (67129)