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Sivaonyx soriae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Sivaonyx soriae was named by Morales and Pickford (2005). Its type specimen is KNM LU 337 +338, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lukeino fm., which is in a Messinian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Lukeino Formation of Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Sivaonyx soriae Morales and Pickford p. 235
2008Sivaonyx soriae Peigne et al.

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
genusSivaonyxPilgrim 1931
speciessoriae

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.

†Sivaonyx soriae Morales and Pickford 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available