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Trogosus hyracoides

Mammalia - Esthonychidae

Taxonomy
Tillotherium hyracoides was named by Marsh (1873) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Granger Station, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Trogosus hyracoides by Gazin (1953), Rose (1972) and Gazin (1976); it was synonymized subjectively with Trogosus castoridens by Lucas and Schoch (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Tillotherium hyracoides Marsh p. 485
1902Tillotherium hyracoides Hay p. 716
1953Trogosus hyracoides Gazin
1972Trogosus hyracoides Rose
1976Trogosus hyracoides Gazin

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderTillodontia()
familyEsthonychidaeCope 1883
subfamilyTrogosinae
genusTrogosusLeidy 1871
specieshyracoides()

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.

†Trogosus hyracoides Marsh 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available