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Orchonoceros

Osteichthyes - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Orchonoceros was named by Vislobokova (1979). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); and to Megacerini by Vislobokova (2009), Vislobokova (2013).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Orchonoceros Vislobokova
1988Orchonoceros Carroll
2009Orchonoceros Vislobokova p. 398
2013Orchonoceros Vislobokova p. 887

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderRuminantiaScopoli 1777
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
subfamilyCervinaeGoldfuss 1820
tribeMegaceriniViret 1961
genusOrchonocerosVislobokova 1979

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. †Orchonoceros Vislobokova 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available