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Protosphyraena
Taxonomy
Protosphyraena was named by Leidy (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi K Camp Sepkoski's reference number: 2,915].
It was assigned to Pachycormiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Pachycormidae by Woodward (1895), Hay (1902), Applegate (1970), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Shimada et al. (2006), Nagrodski et al. (2012), Bice and Shimada (2016), Hoganson et al. (2019) and Amalfitano et al. (2020); and to Hypsocorminae by Cooper et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Pachycormiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Pachycormidae by Woodward (1895), Hay (1902), Applegate (1970), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Shimada et al. (2006), Nagrodski et al. (2012), Bice and Shimada (2016), Hoganson et al. (2019) and Amalfitano et al. (2020); and to Hypsocorminae by Cooper et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1857 | Protosphyraena Leidy |
| 1895 | Protosphyraena Woodward p. 399 |
| 1902 | Protosphyraena Hay p. 379 |
| 1970 | Protosphyraena Applegate p. 404 |
| 1981 | Protosphyraena Thurmond and Jones p. 86 |
| 2002 | Protosphyraena Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Protosphyraena Shimada et al. p. 23 |
| 2012 | Protosphyraena Nagrodski et al. p. 82 |
| 2016 | Protosphyraena Bice and Shimada p. 184 |
| 2019 | Protosphyraena Hoganson et al. p. 51 |
| 2020 | Protosphyraena Amalfitano et al. p. 275 |
| 2022 | Protosphyraena Cooper et al. p. 7 |
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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. †Protosphyraena Leidy 1857
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†Protosphyraena bentoniana Stewart 1898
†Protosphyraena chirurgus Cope 1875
†Protosphyraena dimidiata Cope 1878
†Protosphyraena ferox Leidy 1857
†Protosphyraena gigas Stewart 1899
†Protosphyraena gladius Cope 1878
†Protosphyraena nitida Cope 1873
†Protosphyraena obliquidens Loomis 1900
†Protosphyraena occidentalis Stewart 1898
†Protosphyraena recurvirostris Stewart 1896
†Protosphyraena tenuis Loomis 1900
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available