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Protictis paralus

Mammalia - Viverravidae

Taxonomy
Protictis paralus was named by Holtzman (1978). Its type locality is Judson, which is in a Danian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of North Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Protictis paralus Holtzman

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
familyViverravidae
genusProtictis(Matthew)
speciesparalus

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 paralus Holtzman 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:47:14
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:47:14
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Flynn 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ti3 to the top of the Danian or 61.70000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (North Dakota) Protictis paralus (type locality: 14962)
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Protictis paralus (14928 14992)
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Protictis paralus (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (California) Protictis paralus (154724)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) Protictis paralus (14931)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Protictis paralus (14936 15017 15027)