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Protostega
Taxonomy
Protostega was named by Cope (1871) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-u K Camp Sepkoski's reference number: 987]. It is the type genus of Protostegidae.
It was assigned to Protosteginae by Zangerl (1953) and Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Protostegidae by Cope (1875), Wieland (1900), Hay (1902), Wieland (1909), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Hirayama (1995), Hooks (1998), Mateus et al. (2012), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014) and Cadena and Parham (2015).
It was assigned to Protosteginae by Zangerl (1953) and Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Protostegidae by Cope (1875), Wieland (1900), Hay (1902), Wieland (1909), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Hirayama (1995), Hooks (1998), Mateus et al. (2012), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014) and Cadena and Parham (2015).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1871 | Protostega Cope p. 175 |
1875 | Protostega Cope p. 16 |
1900 | Protostega Wieland p. 250 |
1902 | Protostega Hay p. 439 |
1909 | Protostega Wieland p. 102 |
1930 | Protostega Hay p. 78 |
1953 | Protostega Zangerl p. 72 |
1988 | Protostega Carroll |
1988 | Protostega Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
1995 | Protostega Hirayama p. 282 |
1998 | Protostega Hooks |
2002 | Protostega Sepkoski |
2012 | Protostega Mateus et al. |
2014 | Protostega de Lapparent de Broin et al. |
2015 | Protostega Cadena and Parham |
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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.
G. †Protostega Cope 1871
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†Protostega eaglefordensis Zangerl 1953
†Protostega gigas Cope 1871
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Invalid names: Protostega dixie Zangerl 1953 [synonym], Protostega potens Hay 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (16 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | P. eaglefordensis (198243) | |
Cenomanian - Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | P. sp. (92426 92427) | |
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Kansas) | P. gigas (203740) | |
Santonian | USA (Kansas) | P. gigas (93225) | |
Santonian - Maastrichtian | USA (Alabama) | P. sp. (107502) | |
Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Kansas) | P. potens (203741) | |
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | P. dixie (81927 81930 81931 81932 81933 81934) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Russian Federation (Saratov) | P. gigas (157353) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Canada (Manitoba) | P. sp. (23338) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Angola (Namibe) | P. sp. (106705) |