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Geogalinae

Mammalia - Tenrecidae

Taxonomy
Geogalinae was named by Trouessart (1879).

It was synonymized subjectively with Oryzorictinae by Van Valen (1967).

It was assigned to Tenrecidae by Butler (1984) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Subtaxa
Parageogale

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Geogalinae Trouessart p. 275
1984Geogalinae Butler
2005Geogalinae Wilson and Reeder

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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
superfamilyTenrecoidea()
familyTenrecidae
subfamilyGeogalinaeTrouessart 1879
subfamilyGeogalinaeTrouessart 1879

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.

Subfm. †Geogalinae Trouessart 1879
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G. †Parageogale Butler 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available