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Miacoidea (disused)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Miacoidea was named by Cope.

It was assigned to Carnivora by Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988), Meehan and Wilson (2002), Rose et al. (2012).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by E. Leckey on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Miacoidea Hooker p. 336
1988Miacoidea Carroll
2002Miacoidea Meehan and Wilson p. 1091
2012Miacoidea Rose 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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
superfamilyMiacoideaCope
superfamilyMiacoideaCope

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.

Superfm. †Miacoidea Cope
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available