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Protypotherium
Taxonomy
Protypotherium was named by Ameghino (1882). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Typotheriidae by Ameghino (1885), Ameghino (1887); to Interatheridae by Ameghino (1891); to Protypotheridae by Ameghino (1894); to Protypotheriidae by Rovereto (1914); and to Interatheriidae by Sinclair (1908), Carroll (1988), Kramarz et al. (2010), Vizcaíno et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Typotheriidae by Ameghino (1885), Ameghino (1887); to Interatheridae by Ameghino (1891); to Protypotheridae by Ameghino (1894); to Protypotheriidae by Rovereto (1914); and to Interatheriidae by Sinclair (1908), Carroll (1988), Kramarz et al. (2010), Vizcaíno et al. (2022).
Species
P. antiquum, P. australe (syn. Epipatriarchus bifidens, Patriarchus altus, Patriarchus furculosus, P. palmidens, P. distortum, P. martini), P. claudum, P. colloncurensis (syn. P. concepcionensis), P. columnifer (syn. Cochilius columnifer, Cochilius pendens, P. sinclairi), P. compressidens, P. diastematum, P. distinctum, P. furculosus, P. icochiloides, P. leptocephalus, P. minutum, P. obstructum, P. praerutilum (syn. P. attenuatum, P. diversidens, Patriarchus diastematus, Patriarchus icochiloides, P. globosum, Patriarchus leptocephalus, Patriarchus rectus, Icochilus endiadys, Eudiastatus lingulatus, P. lineare, P. convexidens), P. rectus
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1882 | Protypotherium Ameghino |
| 1882 | Toxodontophanus Moreno p. 23 |
| 1885 | Protypotherium Ameghino p. 79 |
| 1887 | Protypotherium Ameghino p. 52 |
| 1887 | Toxodontophanus Ameghino p. 64 |
| 1891 | Protypotherium Ameghino p. 5 |
| 1894 | Protypotherium Ameghino p. 13 |
| 1904 | Epipatriarchus Ameghino p. 13 |
| 1908 | Protypotherium Sinclair |
| 1914 | Epipatriarchus Rovereto p. 29 |
| 1914 | Protypotherium Rovereto p. 116 |
| 1988 | Epipatriarchus Carroll |
| 1988 | Protypotherium Carroll |
| 2010 | Protypotherium Kramarz et al. |
| 2022 | Protypotherium Vizcaíno et al. |
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G. †Protypotherium Ameghino 1882
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†Protypotherium antiquum Ameghino 1882
†Protypotherium australe Moreno 1882
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Invalid names: Epipatriarchus bifidens Ameghino 1904 [objective synonym], Patriarchus altus Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Patriarchus furculosus Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Protypotherium distortum Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Protypotherium martini Lane 1927 [objective synonym], Protypotherium palmidens Ameghino 1889 [objective synonym]
†Protypotherium claudum Ameghino 1889
†Protypotherium colloncurensis Vera et al. 2017
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Invalid names: Protypotherium concepcionensis Solórzano et al. 2019 [objective synonym]
†Protypotherium columnifer Fernández et al. 2021
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Invalid names: Cochilius columnifer Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Protypotherium sinclairi Kramarz et al. 2015 [objective synonym]
†Protypotherium compressidens Ameghino 1891
†Protypotherium diastematum Ameghino 1891
†Protypotherium distinctum Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931
†Protypotherium furculosus Ameghino 1891
†Protypotherium icochiloides Ameghino 1894
†Protypotherium leptocephalus Ameghino 1891
†Protypotherium minutum Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931
†Protypotherium obstructum Rovereto 1914
†Protypotherium praerutilum Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Eudiastatus lingulatus Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Icochilus endiadys Roth 1898 [objective synonym], Patriarchus diastematus Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Patriarchus icochiloides Ameghino 1894 [objective synonym], Patriarchus leptocephalus Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Patriarchus rectus Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Protypotherium attenuatum Ameghino 1887 [objective synonym], Protypotherium convexidens Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Protypotherium diversidens Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Protypotherium globosum Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Protypotherium lineare Ameghino 1894 [objective synonym]
†Protypotherium rectus Ameghino 1891
Invalid names: Epipatriarchus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Toxodontophanus Moreno 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available