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Harpagolestes macrocephalus

Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Taxonomy
Harpagolestes macrocephalus was named by Wortman (1901) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Smith's Fork, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Harpagolestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Harpagolestes macrocephalus Wortman p. 62
1930Harpagolestes macrocephalus Hay p. 469
1966Harpagolestes macrocephalus Szalay and Gould p. 141

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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
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
—Mesonychia
familyMesonychidae
genusHarpagolestes
speciesmacrocephalus

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.

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Diagnosis
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