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Protocaptorhinus pricei
Taxonomy
Protocaptorhinus pricei was named by Clark and Carroll (1973). Its type specimen is MCZ 1478, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rattlesnake Canyon (Admiral Fm.), which is in an Artinskian terrestrial horizon in the Petrolia Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Protocaptorhinus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1973 | Protocaptorhinus pricei Clark and Carroll p. 379 figs. 14-17 |
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†Protocaptorhinus pricei Clark and Carroll 1973
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Diagnosis
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| J. Clark and R. L. Carroll 1973 | see generic diagnosis |
Measurements
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| Reference: Kissel et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | USA (Oklahoma) | Pleuristion brachycoelous (79402) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Protocaptorhinus pricei (type locality: 84716 85112) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Captorhinus aguti (85341) |