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Petrolemuridae

Mammalia - Petrolemuridae

Taxonomy
Petrolemuridae was named by Szalay et al. (1986). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Placentalia by Godinot (1998).

Subtaxa
Petrolemur

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Petrolemuridae Szalay et al.
1998Petrolemuridae Godinot p. 243

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
familyPetrolemuridaeSzalay et al. 1986
familyPetrolemuridaeSzalay et al. 1986

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.

Fm. †Petrolemuridae Szalay et al. 1986
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G. †Petrolemur Tong 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available