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Hecubides macrodon

Osteichthyes - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Hecubides macrodon was named by Savage (1965). Its type specimen is BMNH M. 19086, a tooth (Left M1/), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rusinga Island, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Hecubides macrodon Savage p. 294 figs. PL 5, fig. 2; Text-fig. 55

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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
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
subfamilyAmphicyonidae
subfamilyAmphicyoninaeTrouessart 1885
tribeAmphicyoniniTrouessart 1885
genusHecubidesJourdan 1862
speciesmacrodon

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.

†Hecubides macrodon Savage 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available