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Samotherium tafeli

Osteichthyes - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Samotherium tafeli was named by Kilgus (1922).

It was synonymized subjectively with Samotherium boissieri by Mitchell and Skinner (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. ? sp., S. decipiens, S. irtyshense, S. africanum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Samotherium tafeli Kilgus

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyGiraffomorpha
familyGiraffidae
tribePalaeotragini(Pilgrim 1911)
genusSamotheriumForsyth Major 1888
speciestafeliKilgus 1922

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.

†Samotherium tafeli Kilgus 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available