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Didymictis protenus
Taxonomy
Limnocyon protenus was named by Cope (1874). Its type locality is Arroyo Blanco (Cope), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico.
It was recombined as Viverravus protenus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Didymictis protenus by Cope (1875), Scott (1892), Matthew (1909), Matthew and Granger (1915), Matthew (1937), Polly (1997), Gunnell (1998).
It was recombined as Viverravus protenus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Didymictis protenus by Cope (1875), Scott (1892), Matthew (1909), Matthew and Granger (1915), Matthew (1937), Polly (1997), Gunnell (1998).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1874 | Limnocyon protenus Cope |
| 1875 | Didymictis protenus Cope p. 11 |
| 1882 | Didymictis curtidens Cope p. 160 |
| 1892 | Didymictis curtidens Scott p. 320 |
| 1892 | Didymictis protenus Scott p. 320 |
| 1902 | Viverravus curtidens Hay p. 754 |
| 1902 | Viverravus protenus Hay p. 755 |
| 1909 | Didymictis protenus Matthew |
| 1915 | Didymictis protenus Matthew and Granger |
| 1937 | Didymictis protenus Matthew |
| 1997 | Didymictis protenus Polly |
| 1998 | Didymictis protenus Gunnell |
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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.
†Didymictis protenus Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Didymictis curtidens Cope 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993, Flynn 1998, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Clarkforkian to the top of the Wasatchian or 57.50000 to 51.10000 Ma
Collections (132 total)