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Protarsomys
Taxonomy
Protarsomys was named by Lavocat (1973). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Afrocricetodontinae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Democricetodontinae by Mein and Pickford (2003).
It was assigned to Afrocricetodontinae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Democricetodontinae by Mein and Pickford (2003).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1973 | Protarsomys Lavocat p. 213 |
| 1997 | Protarsomys McKenna and Bell p. 156 |
| 2003 | Protarsomys Mein and Pickford |
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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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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Uganda | P. lavocati (28293) | |
| Middle Miocene | Namibia | P. sp., P. lavocati (21855) |