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Pterodon nyanzae

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Pterodon nyanzae was named by Savage (1965). Its type specimen is BMNH M. 19091, a tooth (right P4/), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ombo, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Pterodon nyanzae Savage p. 274 figs. Text-figs. 33-35

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyainailouroidea
—HyainailouridaeSolé et al. 2015
—Hyainailourinae(Pilgrim 1932)
genusPterodonBlainville 1839
speciesnyanzae

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.

†Pterodon nyanzae Savage 1965
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Diagnosis
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