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Paleoparadoxiinae (disused)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae

Taxonomy
Paleoparadoxiinae was named by Reinhart (1959) [Reinhart 1959 named the Paleoparadoxiidae, and Barnes 2013 created the new subfamily Paleoparadoxiinae.].

It was assigned to Desmostylidae by Matsui (2017); and to Paleoparadoxiidae by Barnes (2013), Matsui and Kawabe (2015) and Matsui et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Paleoparadoxiinae Reinhart p. 56
2013Paleoparadoxiinae Barnes p. 56
2015Paleoparadoxiinae Matsui and Kawabe p. 256
2017Paleoparadoxiinae Matsui p. 4
2018Paleoparadoxiinae Matsui et al. p. 6

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
orderDesmostylia
orderDesmostyloideaAbel 1933
familyPaleoparadoxiidae()
subfamilyPaleoparadoxiinaeReinhart 1959
subfamilyPaleoparadoxiinaeReinhart 1959

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. †Paleoparadoxiinae Reinhart 1959
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. G. Barnes 2013Paleoparadoxiidae having mandibular symphysis, lower incisors, and canines rotated anteroventrally becoming directed anteriorly rather than anterodorsally, lower canine round in cross section rather than flattened on medial side, diastema between c and p1, apices of hypoconid and entoconid of p4 similar in height to protoconid and metaconid rather than reduced in height.