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Protopsephurus
Taxonomy
Protopsephurus was named by Lu (1994). Its type is Protopsephurus liui.
It was assigned to Protopsephurinae by Grande and Bemis (1996) and Grande et al. (2002); and to Polyodontidae by Grande and Hilton (2006) and Zhou and Wang (2010).
It was assigned to Protopsephurinae by Grande and Bemis (1996) and Grande et al. (2002); and to Polyodontidae by Grande and Hilton (2006) and Zhou and Wang (2010).
Species
P. liui (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Protopsephurus Lu pp. 135, 140-141 |
| 1996 | Protopsephurus Grande and Bemis p. 108 fig. 11 |
| 2002 | Protopsephurus Grande et al. |
| 2006 | Protopsephurus Grande and Hilton p. 2 |
| 2010 | Protopsephurus Zhou and Wang |
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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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Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Nei Mongol) | P. sp. (103654) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Liaoning) | P. liui (101022 134420) |