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Protophasma
Taxonomy
Protophasma was named by Brongniart (1878). Its type is Protophasma dumasi. It is the type genus of Protophasmida.
It was assigned to Protophasmidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922); and to Protophasmatidae by Carpenter (1992) and Aristov (2015).
It was assigned to Protophasmidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922); and to Protophasmatidae by Carpenter (1992) and Aristov (2015).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1878 | Protophasma Brongniart p. 69 |
| 1906 | Protophasma Handlirsch p. 154 |
| 1919 | Protophasma Handlirsch p. 560 |
| 1922 | Protophasma Handlirsch p. 98 |
| 1992 | Protophasma Carpenter p. 130 |
| 2015 | Protophasma Aristov p. 12 |
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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.
G. †Protophasma Brongniart 1878
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†Protophasma dumasi Brongniart 1878
†Protophasma dumasii Brongniart 1878
†Protophasma galtieri Béthoux and Schneider 2010
†Protophasma multidiffusa Brauckmann and Herd 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Gzhelian or 309.80000 to 298.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian D | Germany (Lower Saxony) | Heterologellus multidiffusus (122515) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | P. galtieri (112638) | |
| Gzhelian | France | P. dumasi (103635) |