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Griphodon peruvianus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Griphodon peruvianus was named by Anthony (1924). Its type specimen is AMNH 17724, a mandible (fragment of the left mandibular ramus with dm4, m1 and unerupted p3-4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chicoca, Huallaga River, which is in an Eocene terrestrial gypsum in Peru. It is the type species of Griphodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Griphodon peruvianus Anthony pp. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
suborderPyrotheriaAmeghino 1895
genusGriphodon
speciesperuvianus

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.

†Griphodon peruvianus Anthony 1924
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Diagnosis
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