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Palaeoryctes

Osteichthyes - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoryctes was named by Matthew (1913). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeoryctes puercensis. It is the type genus of Palaeoryctidae.

It was assigned to Tenrecidae by Hay (1930); to Palaeoryctinae by Van Valen (1967), Gheerbrant (1992); and to Palaeoryctidae by Matthew (1913), Carroll (1988), Lopatin (2006), Silcox et al. (2010).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Palaeoryctes Matthew
1930Palaeoryctes Hay p. 428
1967Palaeoryctes Van Valen
1988Palaeoryctes Carroll
1992Palaeoryctes Gheerbrant
2006Palaeoryctes Lopatin
2010Palaeoryctes Silcox 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()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
orderProteutheria
familyPalaeoryctidaeWinge 1917
genusPalaeoryctesMatthew 1913

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.

G. †Palaeoryctes Matthew 1913
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Palaeoryctes cruoris Gunnell 1994
Palaeoryctes jepseni Bloch et al. 2004
Palaeoryctes minimus Gheerbrant 1992
Palaeoryctes puercensis Matthew 1913
Palaeoryctes punctatus Van Valen 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available