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Protostrix

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Protostrigidae

Taxonomy
Protostrix was named by Wetmore (1933). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Minerva by Olson (1985).

It was assigned to Protostrigidae by Wetmore (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Howard (1965), Martin and Black (1972) and Rich (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Protostrix Wetmore
1940Protostrix Wetmore p. 66
1956Protostrix Wetmore p. 84
1960Protostrix Wetmore p. 28
1965Protostrix Howard p. 350
1972Protostrix Martin and Black p. 888
1982Protostrix Rich p. 576

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—RaptoresBaird 1858
superorderFalconimorphae
orderStrigiformesWagler 1830
familyProtostrigidae
genusProtostrixWetmore 1933

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. †Protostrix Wetmore 1933
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†Protostrix leptosteus Marsh 1871
†Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore 1921
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available