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Arctodictis munizi

Osteichthyes - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Arctodictis munizi was named by Mercerat (1891). Its type specimen is MLP 11-85, a mandible (left mandibular fragment with canine and p1-m4, and part of right ramus with roots of canine and p1-2 and a near-complete p3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte León, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Artodictis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Arctodictis munizi Mercerat
2004Arctodictis munizi Forasiepi et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
superfamilyBorhyaenoideaAmeghino 1894
—Borhyaenidae()
subfamilyBorhyaeninaeAmeghino 1894
genusArctodictis(Mercerat 1891)
speciesmuniziMercerat 1891

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.

†Arctodictis munizi Mercerat 1891
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Diagnosis
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