PROTANTHROPUS. 5T 

PROSYOTHERIUM 
Prosyotherium Herupr, 1890. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Suid:e. 
Revue Gén. Sci. Pure et Appliquée, Paris, I, 800, 1890” (fide Dovvirr£); 
DovvinriÉ, Ann., Géol. Univ., for 1890, Paris, VII, 1* fasc., 85, July, 1891; 4* 
fasc., 857, Mar., 1892. 
Type:* Hyracodontotherium filholi Lydekker, from the Phosphorites of Bach, near 
Lalbenque, Lot, central France. —'' Hyracodontherium filholi Lydekker n'est pas 
un Hyracodontherium mais un nouveau genre de la famille des Suid:e à 
nommer Prosyotherium filholi." | (HEUDE.) 
Extinct. Based on ‘a considerable part of the left half of the palato-facial 
region of the cranium.’ 
Prosyotherium: 70, before; +-Syotherium. 
Protacaremys AMEGHINO, 1902. Glires, Erethizontide. 
[Anal. Soc. Cien. Argentina, LI, 77, Mar.-Apr., 1901—subgenus of Acaremys, 
nomen nudum]. 
Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Córdoba, XVII, 111-112, May, 1902 (sep. pp. 43-44). 
Species, 3: Protacaremys prior Ameghino, P. avunculus Ameghino, and P. pul- 
chellus Ameghino, from the Eocene ( Patagonian formation) of Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Protacaremys: mp@ros, first; + Acaremys. 
Protadelphomys AMEGHINO, 1902. Glires, Octodontide. 
[Anal. Soe. Cien. Argentina, Li, 77, Mar.-Apr., 1901—subgenus of Adelphomys, 
nomen nudum ]. 
Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordóba, XVII, 112-113, May, 1902 (sep. pp. 44-45). 
Type: Protadelphomys latus Ameghino, from the Eocene (Patagonian formation) 
of Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Protadelphomys: mp@vos, first; +-Adelphomys. 
Protagriocherus Scorr, 1899. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Agriochceride. 
Trans. Wagner Free Inst. Sci., VI, for May, 1899, 100-111, pl. 4 figs. 26-28, Aug. 
25, 1899. 
Type: Protagriocherus annectens Scott, from the Eocene of the Uinta Basin, 
northeastern Utah. 
Extinct. Based on part of the skull, including the upper jaws and occiput. 
Protagriocherus: mp@vos, first; + Agriocherus. 
Protalpa FiLuor, 1877. Insectivora, Talpidee. 
Bull. Soc. Philomathique, Paris, 7° sér., I, 52, 1877; Ausron, Zool. Record for 
1878, XV, Mamm., 12, 1880. 
Prototalpa Trovessart, Revue et Mag. de Zool., 3° sér., VII, 272, 1879; Cat. 
Mamm. Viv. et Foss., Insectivores, 54, 1881; RoGrr, Bericht Naturwiss. Ver. 
Schwaben u. Neuburg (a. V.) in Augsburg, X XIX, 114, 1887. 
Type: Protalpa cadurcensis Filhol, from the Eocene of Quercy, France. 
Extinct. Based on ‘un humérus d'insectivore fort voisin des taupes.' 
Protalpa: 70, before; + Talpa. 
Protanthropus HarckEr, 1895. Primates, Hominid:e. 
Syst. Phylogenie Wirbelth., III, 616, 617, 644, 1895. 
Hypothetical genus based on Protanthropus atavus ( — Homo primigenius). ‘‘ Die 
ausgedehnten Entdeckungen der ‘ praehistorischen Anthropologie’ [haben 
uns] mit zahlreichen und werthvollen positiven Daten beschenkt, welche wir 
als indirecte Beweise für den pithecoiden Zustand des diluvialen Urmenschen 
betrachten dürfen ( Protanthropusatavus—oder Homo primigenius)." (HAECKEL. ) 
Protanthropus: mp@ros, first; &vOpcroc, man. 

* Fide Trouessart in epist. 
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