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Prototaria
Taxonomy
Prototaria was named by Takeyama and Ozawa (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m].
It was synonymized subjectively with Neotherium by Barnes (1989).
It was assigned to Enaliarctidae by Takeyama and Ozawa (1984); to Imagotarinae by Horikawa (1995); to Imagotariinae by Kohno et al. (1995); to Odobenini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Odobaenidae by Deméré et al. (2003), Kohno (2006); and to Odobenidae by Berta (2002), Berta (2009), Boessenecker and Churchill (2013), Berta (2017), Magallanes et al. (2018), Berta (2018), Berta et al. (2018).
It was synonymized subjectively with Neotherium by Barnes (1989).
It was assigned to Enaliarctidae by Takeyama and Ozawa (1984); to Imagotarinae by Horikawa (1995); to Imagotariinae by Kohno et al. (1995); to Odobenini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Odobaenidae by Deméré et al. (2003), Kohno (2006); and to Odobenidae by Berta (2002), Berta (2009), Boessenecker and Churchill (2013), Berta (2017), Magallanes et al. (2018), Berta (2018), Berta et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Prototaria Takeyama and Ozawa p. 36 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 1995 | Prototaria Horikawa p. 322 figs. Table 4 |
| 1995 | Prototaria Kohno et al. p. 287 |
| 1997 | Prototaria McKenna and Bell p. 255 |
| 2002 | Prototaria Berta p. 923 |
| 2002 | Prototaria Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Prototaria Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2006 | Prototaria Kohno p. 418 |
| 2009 | Prototaria Berta p. 863 |
| 2013 | Prototaria Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8 |
| 2017 | Prototaria Berta p. 156 |
| 2018 | Prototaria Berta p. 714 figs. Fig. 3 |
| 2018 | Prototaria Berta et al. p. 214 figs. Fig. 6 |
| 2018 | Prototaria Magallanes et al. p. 30 figs. Fig. 14 |
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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. †Prototaria Takeyama and Ozawa 1984
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†Prototaria planicephala Kohno 1994
†Prototaria primigena Takeyama and Ozawa 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available