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Protospermophilus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Protospermophilus Gazin
1945Protospermophilus Bryant
1997Protospermophilus McKenna and Bell

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
genusProtospermophilusGazin 1930

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 parvus Korth and Kron 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available