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Taxonomy
Protarctos was named by Kretzoi (1945). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988); and to Ursinae by Wang et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988); and to Ursinae by Wang et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1945 | Protarctos Kretzoi |
| 1988 | Protarctos Carroll |
| 2017 | Protarctos Wang et al. |
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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. †Protarctos Kretzoi 1945
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†Protarctos abstrusus Bjork 1970
†Protarctos yinanensis Li 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 4.70000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Ursus abstrusus (20083) | |
| Pliocene | Romania | P. boeckhi (40113) | |
| Blancan | USA (Idaho) | Ursus abstrusus (19873) | |
| Blancan | USA (Nevada) | Ursus abstrusus (20009) |