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Protictitherium thessalonikensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy
Protictitherium thessalonikensis was named by Koufos (2012). Its type specimen is RPl-69, a maxilla (Right maxillary fragment with C-M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ravin de la Pluie, which is in a Vallesian terrestrial sandstone/gravel in the Nea Messimvria Formation of Greece.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Protictitherium thessalonikensis Koufos

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyHyaenidae
subfamilyIctitheriinaeDietrich 1927
genusProtictitheriumKretzoi 1938
speciesthessalonikensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:23:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Vallesian or 11.60800 to 8.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece Protictitherium thessalonikensis (type locality: 191070)