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Protoceras
Taxonomy
Protoceras was named by Marsh (1891). Its type is Protoceras celer. It is the type genus of Protoceratinae.
It was assigned to Protoceratidae by Marsh (1891), Scott (1940) and Carroll (1988); and to Protoceratinae by Hay (1902), Matthew (1908), Webb (1981), Prothero (1998), Webb et al. (2003) and Prothero and Ludtke (2007).
It was assigned to Protoceratidae by Marsh (1891), Scott (1940) and Carroll (1988); and to Protoceratinae by Hay (1902), Matthew (1908), Webb (1981), Prothero (1998), Webb et al. (2003) and Prothero and Ludtke (2007).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1891 | Protoceras Marsh p. 82 |
| 1902 | Protoceras Hay p. 673 |
| 1908 | Protoceras Matthew p. 561 |
| 1940 | Protoceras Scott p. 567 figs. Plates LX-LXII |
| 1981 | Protoceras Webb p. 363 |
| 1988 | Protoceras Carroll |
| 1998 | Protoceras Prothero p. 435 |
| 2003 | Protoceras Webb et al. p. 362 |
| 2007 | Protoceras Prothero and Ludtke p. 173 |
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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. †Protoceras Marsh 1891
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†Protoceras celer Marsh 1891
†Protoceras comptus Marsh 1894
†Protoceras nasutus Marsh 1897
†Protoceras neatodelpha Patton and Taylor 1973
†Protoceras skinneri Patton and Taylor 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available