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Protictis
Taxonomy
Didymictis (Protictis) was named by Matthew (1937).
It was reranked as Protictis by MacIntyre (1966), Flynn and Galiano (1982), Flynn (1998), Meehan and Wilson (2002), Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005) and Solé et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Didymictis by Matthew (1937); to Didymictidae by Flynn and Galiano (1982) and Flynn (1998); and to Viverravidae by MacIntyre (1966), Meehan and Wilson (2002), Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005) and Solé et al. (2014).
It was reranked as Protictis by MacIntyre (1966), Flynn and Galiano (1982), Flynn (1998), Meehan and Wilson (2002), Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005) and Solé et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Didymictis by Matthew (1937); to Didymictidae by Flynn and Galiano (1982) and Flynn (1998); and to Viverravidae by MacIntyre (1966), Meehan and Wilson (2002), Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005) and Solé et al. (2014).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Didymictis (Protictis) Matthew |
| 1966 | Protictis MacIntyre |
| 1982 | Protictis Flynn and Galiano p. 24 |
| 1998 | Protictis Flynn |
| 2002 | Protictis Meehan and Wilson p. 1092 |
| 2005 | Protictis Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin p. 842 |
| 2014 | Protictis Solé et al. |
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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. †Protictis Matthew
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Subg. †Protictis (Bryanictis) MacIntyre 1966
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†Bryanictis microlestes Simpson 1935
†Bryanictis paulus Meehan and Wilson 2002
Subg. †Protictis (Protictis) Matthew 1937
Subg. †Protictis (Protictoides) Flynn and Galiano 1982
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†Protictoides aprophatos Flynn and Galiano 1982
†Protictis agastor Gingerich and Winkler 1985
†Protictis haydenianus Cope 1882
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Invalid names: Didymictis primus Cope 1884 [synonym], Prolimnocyon macfaddeni Rigby, Jr. 1980 [synonym]
†Protictis minor Meehan and Wilson 2002
†Protictis paralus Holtzman 1978
†Protictis simpsoni Meehan and Wilson 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available