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Mioprionodon hodopeus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Mioprionodon hodopeus was named by Rasmussen and Gutierrez (2009). Its type specimen is KNM-NW 46827, a set of teeth (Left M1-M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Benson's Site, which is in an Aquitanian floodplain siltstone in Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Mioprionodon hodopeus Rasmussen and Gutierrez

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
genusMioprionodonSchmidt-Kittler 1987
specieshodopeus

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.

†Mioprionodon hodopeus Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available