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Nakusia shahrigensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Taxonomy
Nakusia shahrigensis was named by Ginsburg et al. (1999) [Note that though the holotype is referred to as 'Deposited at the Geology Department of the University of Baluchistan, Quetta, Pakistan, no holotype catalog number is given. A number assigned to a cast in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (M 5310) is only given.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Between Shahrig and Nakus, which is in a Ypresian marine shale in the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Nakusia shahrigensis Ginsburg et al. p. 211 figs. 3-4
2014Nakusia shahrigensis Cooper et al. p. 5
2020Nakusia shahrigensis Rose et al. p. 18 figs. Table 4

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
genusNakusia
speciesshahrigensis

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.

†Nakusia shahrigensis Ginsburg et al. 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available