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Metacheiromyidae
Taxonomy
Metacheiromyidae was named by Wortman (1903). Its type is Metacheiromys.
It was assigned to Cheiromyoidea by Wortman (1903) and Wortman (1903); to Placophori by Jaekel (1911); and to Palaeanodonta by Hay (1930), Rose (1978), Carroll (1988), Secord et al. (2002), Gheerbrant et al. (2005) and Rose et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Cheiromyoidea by Wortman (1903) and Wortman (1903); to Placophori by Jaekel (1911); and to Palaeanodonta by Hay (1930), Rose (1978), Carroll (1988), Secord et al. (2002), Gheerbrant et al. (2005) and Rose et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1903 | Metacheiromyidae Wortman p. 347 |
1911 | Metachiromyidae Jaekel p. 225 |
1930 | Metacheiromyidae Hay p. 421 |
1978 | Metacheiromyidae Rose p. 665 |
1988 | Metacheiromyidae Carroll |
2002 | Metacheiromyidae Secord et al. p. 388 |
2005 | Metacheiromyidae Gheerbrant et al. p. 210 |
2012 | Metacheiromyidae Rose et al. p. 15 |
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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.
Fm. †Metacheiromyidae Wortman 1903
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G. †Metacheiromys Wortman 1903
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†Metacheiromys marshi Wortman 1903
†Metacheiromys tatusia Osborn 1904
G. †Palaeanodon Matthew 1918
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†Palaeanodon ignavus Matthew 1918
†Palaeanodon nievelti Gingerich 1989
†Palaeanodon parvulus Matthew 1918
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available