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Taxonomy
Protospermophilus was named by Gazin (1930) [named as a subgenus of Citellus by Gazin 1930; raised to genus level by Bryant 1945]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Sciuridae by Bryant (1945) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by Bryant (1945) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1930 | Protospermophilus Gazin |
1945 | Protospermophilus Bryant |
1997 | Protospermophilus McKenna and Bell |
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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. †Protospermophilus Gazin 1930
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†Protospermophilus angusticeps Matthew 1933
†Protospermophilus kelloggi Black 1963
†Protospermophilus malheurensis Gazin 1932
†Protospermophilus parvus Korth and Kron 2020
†Protospermophilus quatalensis Gazin 1930
†Protospermophilus tephrus Gazin 1932
†Protospermophilus vortmani Cope 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available