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Palauchenia

Osteichthyes - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Palauchenia was named by del Castillo (1869). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gigantocamelus by Silva-Bárcenas (1969) and Ferrusquia (1978); it was synonymized subjectively with Camelops by Dalquest (1974).

It was assigned to Camelidae by del Castillo (1869), Dalquest (1992).

Species
P. mexicana (syn. P. magna)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Palauchenia del Castillo
1992Palauchenia Dalquest

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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()
suborderTylopoda()
familyCamelidae
genusPalaucheniadel Castillo 1869

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. †Palauchenia del Castillo 1869
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†Palauchenia mexicana del Castillo 1869
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Invalid names: Palauchenia magna Owen 1870 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available