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Proterogyrinidae
Taxonomy
Proterogyrinidae was named by Romer (1970). Its type is Proterogyrinus.
It was assigned to Anthracosauria by Romer (1970); and to Embolomeri by Carroll (1988), Ruta and Clack (2006).
It was assigned to Anthracosauria by Romer (1970); and to Embolomeri by Carroll (1988), Ruta and Clack (2006).
Subtaxa
Papposaurus, Proterogyrinus (syn. Mauchchunkia) (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Proterogyrinidae Romer p. 2 |
| 1988 | Proterogyrinidae Carroll |
| 2006 | Proterogyrinidae Ruta and Clack p. 52 |
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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.
Fm. †Proterogyrinidae Romer 1970
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G. †Proterogyrinus Romer 1970
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†Proterogyrinus scheelei Romer 1970
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Invalid names: Mauchchunkia bassa Hotton, III 1970 [synonym]
Invalid names: Mauchchunkia Hotton, III 1970 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Arnsbergian or 326.90000 to 323.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Serpukhovian - Bashkirian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Proterogyrinidae indet. (175248) | |
| Arnsbergian | USA (West Virginia) | Mauchchunkia bassa, Proterogyrinus scheelei (124949) |