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Climacoceras africanus

Osteichthyes - Climacoceratidae

Taxonomy
Climacoceras africanus was named by MacInnes (1936).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Climacoceras africanus MacInnes
1978Climacoceras africanus Hamilton p. 499
2003Climacoceras africanus Mitchell and Skinner p. 57
2010Climacoceras africanus Harris et al. p. 797

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyClimacoceratidae()
genusClimacocerasMacInnes 1936
speciesafricanusMacInnes 1936

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.

†Climacoceras africanus MacInnes 1936
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Diagnosis
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