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Prothylacynus

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Prothylacynus Ameghino p. 26
1894Napodonictis Ameghino
1894Prothylacynus Ameghino p. 123
1894Napodonictis Ameghino p. 124
1894Prothylacinus Lydekker p. 268
1923Prothylacocyon Winge p. 67
1978Prothylacynus Marshall
1979Prothylacynus Marshall
1994Prothylacynus de Muizon
1997Prothylacynus McKenna and Bell
1999Prothylacynus de Muizon p. 507

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
superfamilyBorhyaenoideaAmeghino 1894
Borhyaenidae()
subfamilyProthylacyninae(Ameghino 1894)
genusProthylacynus

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. †Prothylacynus Ameghino 1891
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Prothylacynus patagonicus Ameghino 1891
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Invalid names: Agustylus carnifex Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Borhyaena excavata Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Napodonictis thylacynoides Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Prothylacynus brachyrhynchus Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
Invalid names: Napodonictis Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Prothylacocyon Winge 1923 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available