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Australonyx aquae

Mammalia - Megalonychidae

Taxonomy
Australonyx aquae was named by De Iuliis et al. (2009). Its type specimen is MCL23315, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Poço Azul Cave, which is in a Lujanian cave horizon in Brazil. It is the type species of Australonyx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Australonyx aquae De Iuliis et al.

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
familyMegalonychidaeGervais 1855
subfamilyMegalonychinaeTrouessart 1904
genusAustralonyx
speciesaquae

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Australonyx aquae De Iuliis et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available