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Brachianodon

Mammalia - Metacheiromyidae

Taxonomy
Brachianodon was named by Gunnell and Gingerich (1993). It is not extant. Its type is Brachianodon westorum.

It was assigned to Metacheiromyidae by Gunnell and Gingerich (1993) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
B. westorum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Brachianodon Gunnell and Gingerich
1997Brachianodon McKenna and Bell

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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
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—PholidotamorphaGaudin et al. 2009
suborderPalaeanodontaMatthew 1918
familyMetacheiromyidae
genusBrachianodon

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. †Brachianodon Gunnell and Gingerich 1993
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†Brachianodon westorum Gunnell and Gingerich 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available