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Miacis edax

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Uintacyon edax was named by Leidy (1872) [genotype; also said to be 1871 and 1872]. It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Uintacyon.

It was recombined as Miacis edax by Scott (1892).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Uintacyon edax Leidy p. 277
1892Miacis edax Scott p. 320
1899Uintacyon edax Wortman and Matthew p. 114
1902Uintacyon edax Hay p. 760

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
genusMiacis
speciesedax()

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.

†Miacis edax Leidy 1872
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Diagnosis
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