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Protictis haydenianus

Mammalia - Viverravidae

Taxonomy

Didymictis haydenianus was named by Cope (1882). Its type specimen is AMNH 3368, a partial skull (left maxilla with P3-M2 and left dentary with p4-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Viverravus haydenianus by Wortman (1901) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Protictis haydenianus by MacIntyre (1966), Rigby (1980), Rose (1981), Gingerich and Winkler (1985) and Meehan and Wilson (2002).

Synonyms

Didymictis primus was named by Cope (1884) [also said to be 1884].

It was synonymized subjectively with Viverravus haydenianus by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Didymictis haydenianus by Matthew (1909) and Matthew (1937); it was synonymized subjectively with Protictis haydenianus by MacIntyre (1966), Rigby (1980) and Meehan and Wilson (2002).
Prolimnocyon macfaddeni was named by Rigby (1980). Its type locality is Swain Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

It was synonymized subjectively with Prolimnocyon durini by Williamson and Lucas (1993) and Williamson (1996); it was synonymized subjectively with Protictis haydenianus by Zack (2012).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1882	Didymictis haydenianus Cope p. 464
1884	Didymictis primus Cope p. 309
1892	Didymictis haydenianus Scott p. 320
1892	Didymictis primus Scott p. 320
1897	Didymictis haydenianus Matthew pp. 287 - 288
1901	Viverravus haydenianus Wortman
1902	Viverravus haydenianus Hay p. 754
1937	Didymictis haydenianus Matthew
1966	Protictis haydenianus MacIntyre
1980	Prolimnocyon macfaddeni Rigby, Jr.
1980	Protictis haydenianus Rigby, Jr.
1981	Protictis haydenianus Rose
1985	Protictis haydenianus Gingerich and Winkler
2002	Protictis haydenianus Meehan and Wilson p. 1092

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
family	Viverravidae
genus	Protictis	(Matthew)
species	haydenianus	()

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.

†Protictis haydenianus Cope 1882

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Invalid names: Didymictis primus Cope 1884 [synonym], Prolimnocyon macfaddeni Rigby, Jr. 1980 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available