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Pharsophorus tenax

Osteichthyes - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Pharsophorus tenax was named by Ameghino (1897) [Original type was an isolated m1, now lost]. Its type specimen is AC 3004 (neotype), a mandible (dentary m2-4), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pharsophorus lacerans by Patterson and Marshall (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Pharsophorus tenax Ameghino p. 504

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
superfamilyBorhyaenoideaAmeghino 1894
—Borhyaenidae()
genusPharsophorus
speciestenax

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.

†Pharsophorus tenax Ameghino 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available