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Protoreodon
Taxonomy
Protoreodon was named by Scott and Osborn (1887). Its type is Protoreodon parvus.
It was assigned to Protoreodontinae by Hay (1902); to Oreodontidae by Scott (1913); to Merycoidodontidae by Thorpe (1937); and to Agriochoeridae by Scott and Osborn (1887), Peterson (1919), Gazin (1955), Ferrusquia-Villafranca (1969), Golz (1976), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Theodor (1999) and Lofgren et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Protoreodontinae by Hay (1902); to Oreodontidae by Scott (1913); to Merycoidodontidae by Thorpe (1937); and to Agriochoeridae by Scott and Osborn (1887), Peterson (1919), Gazin (1955), Ferrusquia-Villafranca (1969), Golz (1976), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Theodor (1999) and Lofgren et al. (2020).
Synonyms
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1887 | Protoreodon Scott and Osborn |
1894 | Hyomeryx Marsh p. 268 |
1898 | Agriotherium Scott p. 79 |
1899 | Chorotherium Berg |
1899 | Protagriochoerus Scott |
1902 | Protagriochoerus Hay p. 662 |
1902 | Protoreodon Hay p. 664 |
1902 | Hyomeryx Hay p. 665 |
1913 | Protagriochoerus Scott p. 361 |
1913 | Protoreodon Scott p. 361 |
1919 | Protoreodon Peterson p. 82 |
1919 | Protagriochoerus Peterson p. 86 |
1934 | Mesagriochoerus Peterson |
1937 | Protoreodon Thorpe p. 31 |
1937 | Hyomeryx Thorpe p. 40 |
1955 | Protoreodon Gazin |
1969 | Protoreodon Ferrusquia-Villafranca |
1976 | Protoreodon Golz |
1988 | Protoreodon Carroll |
1997 | Protoreodon McKenna and Bell p. 408 |
1999 | Protoreodon Theodor p. 1180 |
2020 | Protoreodon Lofgren et al. |
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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. †Protoreodon Scott and Osborn 1887
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†Protoreodon minimus Douglass 1902
†Protoreodon minor Scott 1899
†Protoreodon pacificus Golz 1976
†Protoreodon parvus Scott and Osborn 1887
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Invalid names: Agriotherium paradoxicus Scott 1898 [synonym], Hyomeryx breviceps Marsh 1894 [synonym]
†Protoreodon petersoni Gazin 1955
†Protoreodon pumilus Marsh 1875
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Invalid names: Mesagriochoerus primus Peterson 1934 [synonym], Protagriochoerus annectens Scott 1899 [synonym], Protoreodon medius Peterson 1919 [synonym], Protoreodon tardus Scott 1945 [synonym]
†Protoreodon transmontanus Stock 1949
†Protoreodon walshi Theodor 1999
Invalid names: Agriotherium Scott 1898 [synonym], Chorotherium Berg 1899 [synonym], Hyomeryx Marsh 1894 [synonym], Mesagriochoerus Peterson 1934 [synonym], Protagriochoerus Scott 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available