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Byzantinia pikermiensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Byzantinia pikermiensis was named by de Bruijn (1976). Its type specimen is IVAU PI 118, a tooth (M3 sup. sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Chomateri, which is in a Miocene fluvial siltstone/claystone in the Pikermi Formation of Greece. It is the type species of Byzantinia.

Entered
by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2008-02-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Byzantinia pikermiensis de Bruijn p. 363 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 6

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyCricetodontinaeStehlin and Schaub 1951
tribeCricetodontiniSchaub 1925
genusByzantinia
speciespikermiensis

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.

†Byzantinia pikermiensis de Bruijn 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available