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Mylohyus nasutus

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Dicotyles nasutus was named by Leidy (1868). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tayassu nasutus by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Mylohyus fossilis by Ray (1967), Westgate and Messick (1985), Wright (1995), Hulbert and Pratt (1998); it was recombined as Mylohyus nasutus by Cope (1889), Gidley (1920), Lundelius (1960), Semken and Griggs (1965), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Dutra et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Dicotyles nasutus Leidy p. 230
1889Mylohyus nasutus Cope
1902Tayassu nasutus Hay p. 659
1920Mylohyus nasutus Gidley p. 674
1960Mylohyus nasutus Lundelius, Jr.
1965Mylohyus nasutus Semken and Griggs
1980Mylohyus nasutus Kurten and Anderson p. 296
2017Mylohyus nasutus Dutra et al. p. 355

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
genusMylohyusCope 1869
speciesnasutus()

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.

Mylohyus nasutus Leidy 1868
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available