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Protictis (Bryanictis)
Taxonomy
Bryanictis was named by MacIntyre (1966) [named as subgenus of Protictis by MacIntyre 1966; raised to genus, as suggested by Van Valen 1969].
It was synonymized subjectively with Protictis by Rose (1981), Hartman (1986), Williamson and Lucas (1993); it was reranked as Protictis (Bryanictis) by Flynn and Galiano (1982).
It was assigned to Protictis by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Didymictidae by Gingerich and Winkler (1985), Fox and Youzwyshyn (1994), Polly (1997), Secord (1998), Flynn (1998), Cifelli et al. (1999); and to Viverravidae by Rigby (1980), Winterfeld (1982), Meehan and Wilson (2002), Scott et al. (2013).
It was synonymized subjectively with Protictis by Rose (1981), Hartman (1986), Williamson and Lucas (1993); it was reranked as Protictis (Bryanictis) by Flynn and Galiano (1982).
It was assigned to Protictis by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Didymictidae by Gingerich and Winkler (1985), Fox and Youzwyshyn (1994), Polly (1997), Secord (1998), Flynn (1998), Cifelli et al. (1999); and to Viverravidae by Rigby (1980), Winterfeld (1982), Meehan and Wilson (2002), Scott et al. (2013).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Bryanictis MacIntyre |
| 1980 | Bryanictis Rigby, Jr. |
| 1982 | Protictis (Bryanictis) Flynn and Galiano p. 24 |
| 1982 | Bryanictis Winterfeld |
| 1985 | Bryanictis Gingerich and Winkler |
| 1994 | Bryanictis Fox and Youzwyshyn |
| 1997 | Bryanictis Polly |
| 1998 | Bryanictis Flynn |
| 1998 | Bryanictis Secord |
| 1999 | Bryanictis Cifelli et al. |
| 2002 | Bryanictis Meehan and Wilson p. 1099 |
| 2013 | Bryanictis Scott 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.
Subg. †Protictis (Bryanictis) MacIntyre 1966
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†Bryanictis microlestes Simpson 1935
†Bryanictis paulus Meehan and Wilson 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Flynn 1998, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Tiffanian or 63.80000 to 56.20000 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | Bryanictis microlestes (14912) Protictis microlestes (14896 14897 14898 14899 14900 14901 14904 14905) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Texas) | Bryanictis sp. (14829) | |
| Torrejonian | Canada (Alberta) | Bryanictis microlestes (143200) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Montana) | Didymictis microlestes (14913 14917) Protictis microlestes (14906) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | Bryanictis paulus (14816) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | Protictis microlestes (15000) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Protictis microlestes (15014 15067) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Montana) | Protictis microlestes (15048) Protictis sp. (15025) |