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Protoptychus
Taxonomy
Protoptychus was named by Scott (1895). It is not extant. Its type is Protoptychus hatcheri.
It was assigned to Geomyidae by Hay (1902); and to Protoptychidae by Scott (1895) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Geomyidae by Hay (1902); and to Protoptychidae by Scott (1895) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
P. hatcheri (syn. P. smithi) (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1895 | Protoptychus Scott |
| 1902 | Protoptychus Hay p. 730 |
| 1997 | Protoptychus 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. †Protoptychus Scott 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||