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Protoryx

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Protoryx was named by Forsyth Major (1891). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988) and Kostopoulos (2009); and to Caprinae by Gentry (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Protoryx Forsyth Major
1988Protoryx Carroll
2009Protoryx Kostopoulos
2010Protoryx Gentry p. 791

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyBovidae
genusProtoryxForsyth Major 1891

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. †Protoryx Forsyth Major 1891
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Protoryx capricornis Schlosser 1904
Protoryx carolinae Major 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the MN 5 to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 15.97000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 515.97 - 13.65Turkey (Bursa) P. carolinae (68547)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece (Central Macedonia) P. sp. (202119)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey P. sp. (230349)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) P. laticeps (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) P. capricornis (182751) P. hentscheli, P. carolinae, Pseudotragus capricornis (207137) P. longiceps, P. gaudryi, P. hippolyte, P. carolinae (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Lebanon P. sp., Pseudotragus capricornis (34399)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) P. carolinae (182748 182750) P. sp. (202222)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad P. sp. (24181)
MN 10 - MN 119.7 - 7.75China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (78321 78323)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos Island) P. laticeps (205353) P. laticeps, P. crassicornis (205352)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria P. sp. (208566 208567 208568)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) P. hentscheli (202213)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Kyrgyzstan P. sp. (34435)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Tajikistan (Sor) P. tadzhikistanica (34392)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) P. carolinae (202215) P. laticeps, P. sp. (202218) P. sp. (202219)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Turkey (Anatolia) P. sp. (60534)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tajikistan P. paralaticeps (34395) P. paralaticeps, P. sp. (34444)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Georgia P. heinrichi (40392)