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Rukwalorax jinokitana

Mammalia - Hyracoidea

Taxonomy
Rukwalorax jinokitana was named by Stevens et al. (2009). Its type specimen is RRBP 06183, a tooth (right central incisor), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TZ-01, which is in an Oligocene crevasse splay sandstone in the Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Rukwalorax.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Rukwalorax jinokitana Stevens et al. p. 973

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
genusRukwalorax
speciesjinokitana

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.

†Rukwalorax jinokitana Stevens et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available