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Protictis haydenianus

Osteichthyes - Viverravidae

Taxonomy
Didymictis haydenianus was named by Cope (1882). Its type specimen is AMNH 3368, a partial skull (left maxilla with P3-M2 and left dentary with p4-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Viverravus haydenianus by Wortman (1901), Hay (1902); it was recombined as Protictis haydenianus by MacIntyre (1966), Rigby (1980), Rose (1981), Gingerich and Winkler (1985), Meehan and Wilson (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. proteus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Didymictis haydenianus Cope p. 464
1884Didymictis primus Cope p. 309
1892Didymictis haydenianus Scott p. 320
1892Didymictis primus Scott p. 320
1897Didymictis haydenianus Matthew pp. 287 - 288
1901Viverravus haydenianus Wortman
1902Viverravus haydenianus Hay p. 754
1937Didymictis haydenianus Matthew
1966Protictis haydenianus MacIntyre
1980Prolimnocyon macfaddeni Rigby, Jr.
1980Protictis haydenianus Rigby, Jr.
1981Protictis haydenianus Rose
1985Protictis haydenianus Gingerich and Winkler
2002Protictis haydenianus Meehan and Wilson p. 1092

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
familyViverravidae
genusProtictis(Matthew)
specieshaydenianus()

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.

†Protictis haydenianus Cope 1882
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Invalid names: Didymictis primus Cope 1884 [synonym], Prolimnocyon macfaddeni Rigby, Jr. 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:47:14
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:47:14
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Flynn 1998, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Tiffanian or 63.40000 to 57.50000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Montana) Didymictis haydenianus (14913) Protictis haydenianus (14906)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Didymictis haydenianus (14819 14873) Protictis haydenianus (14812 14815 14824 14832 14833 14835 14862 14865 14893)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Prolimnocyon macfaddeni, Protictis haydenianus (14886) Protictis haydenianus (14896 14912)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Utah) Protictis haydenianus (14830)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Protictis haydenianus (14974)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Montana) Protictis haydenianus (15048)