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Protoryx

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Protoryx was named by Forsyth Major (1891). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988) and Kostopoulos (2009); and to Caprinae by Gentry (2010).

Species
P. capricornis, P. carolinae
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. hentscheli, P. laticeps

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Protoryx Forsyth Major
1988Protoryx Carroll
2009Protoryx Kostopoulos
2010Protoryx Gentry p. 791

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
genusProtoryxForsyth Major 1891

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. †Protoryx Forsyth Major 1891
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†Protoryx capricornis Schlosser 1904
†Protoryx carolinae Major 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available