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Macroscelidini

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae

Taxonomy
Macroscelidini was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant. Its type is Macroscelides. It is the type tribe of Macroscelidinae.

It was assigned to Macroscelidinae by Van Valen (1967), Dumbacher et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Macroscelidini Bonaparte
1967Macroscelidini Van Valen
2016Macroscelidini Dumbacher 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyMacroscelididaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyMacroscelidinaeBonaparte 1838
tribeMacroscelidiniBonaparte 1838
tribeMacroscelidiniBonaparte 1838

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.

Tr. Macroscelidini Bonaparte 1838
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G. Macroscelides Smith
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Macroscelides proboscideus Shaw 1800 [Short-eared elephant shrew]
Invalid names: Diposorex Blainville 1838 [synonym], Eumerus Saint-Hilaire 1829 [synonym], Macroscelis Fischer 1830 [synonym], Rhinomys Lichtenstein 1831 [synonym]
G. †Metoldobotes Schlosser 1910
G. Petrodromus Peters 1846
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Petrodromus tetradactylus Peters 1846 [four-toed elephant shrew]
Invalid names: Cercoctenus Hollister 1916 [synonym], Mesoctenus Thomas 1918 [synonym]
G. Petrosaltator Dumbacher et al. 2016
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Petrosaltator rozeti Duvernoy 1833 [North african elephant shrew]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available