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Scaptohyus

Osteichthyes - Entelodontidae

Taxonomy
Scaptohyus was named by Sinclair (1922).

It was synonymized subjectively with Archaeotherium by Effinger (1998).

It was assigned to Entelodontidae by Sinclair (1922), Scott (1940).

Species
S. altidens
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2017-05-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Scaptohyus Sinclair
1940Scaptohyus Scott p. 436 figs. Plate XLIV, Fig. 3

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyEntelodontoideaLydekker 1883
familyEntelodontidaeLydekker 1883
genusScaptohyus

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. †Scaptohyus Sinclair 1922
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†Scaptohyus altidens Sinclair 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available