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Monotypic taxon: Genus †Phascolestes Owen, 1871 (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Owen, 1871)
Original name:  Owen, 1871:35, pl. 1.
Subsequent rank: 

Attributes

Available name: conditionally proposed before 1961 [ICZN, 1999: Art. 15.1] Ref: A.O. Averianov et al. 2013. Naturwissenschaften 100 (4): 316 ("ICZN Article 15.1").

Types

Type, by synonymy, of: †Kurtodontinae (Subfamily) Osborn, 1888 Ref: A.O. Averianov et al., 2013: 316, 322. [new] [inferred]
Type: †Phascolestes mustelulus (Owen, 1871) Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004: table 10.2 (p. [380]). [implicit]

Variants

Subsequent spelling: †Phascololestes (Genus) Winge, 1893 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Incorrect spelling: †Phascololestes (Genus) Winge, 1893 Ref: A.O. Averianov et al., 2013: 316, fig. 2. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous name (subjective): †Kurtodon (Genus) Osborn, 1887 Ref: A.O. Averianov et al., 2013: 316 ("syn. nov."). [new]
Synonymous name (subjective): †Peraspalax (Genus) Owen, 1871 Ref: A.O. Averianov et al., 2013: 316 ("syn. nov."). [new]
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