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Hiwegicyon

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae

Taxonomy
Hiwegicyon was named by Butler (1984). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Macroscelididae by Butler (1984) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Elephantulinae by Senut and Pickford (2021).

Species
H. juvenalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Hiwegicyon Butler
1997Hiwegicyon McKenna and Bell
2021Hiwegicyon Senut and Pickford

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyMacroscelididaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyMacroscelidinaeBonaparte 1838
tribeElephantulini
genusHiwegicyon

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. †Hiwegicyon Butler 1984
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†Hiwegicyon juvenalis Butler 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available