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Protictis simpsoni
Taxonomy
Protictis simpsoni was named by Meehan and Wilson (2002). Its type specimen is KUVP 7800, a skull (crushed skull with posterior cranium missing plus left and right rami), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Big Pocket, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial siltstone in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2002 | Protictis simpsoni Meehan and Wilson |
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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.
†Protictis simpsoni Meehan and Wilson 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available