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Thalassocnus yaucensis

Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae

Taxonomy
Thalassocnus yaucensis was named by Muizon et al. (2004). Its type specimen is MUSM 37, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is East Yauca, which is in a Zanclean marine horizon in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Thalassocnus yaucensis Muizon et al. p. 389 figs. Fig. 1-5
2017Thalassocnus yaucensis Amson et al. p. 231 figs. Fig. 10

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
—Megatheria
familyNothrotheriidaeAmeghino 1920
subfamilyThalassocninae
genusThalassocnus
speciesyaucensis

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.

†Thalassocnus yaucensis Muizon et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available