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Mesonychidae (condylarth)

Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Mesonychidae Cope p. 3
1880Mesonychidae Cope
1889Mesonychidae Cope p. 876
1891Mesonychidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91
1902Mesonychidae Hay p. 749
1919Mesonychidae Peterson p. 41
1930Mesonychidae Hay p. 466
1940Mesonychidae Pilgrim p. 148
1958Mesonychidae Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg p. 11
1966Mesonychidae Szalay and Gould p. 134
1977Mesonychidae Chow et al.
1979Mesonychidae Zhang et al.
1982Mesonychidae Gingerich p. 708
1988Mesonychidae Carroll
1995Mesonychidae Zhou et al. p. 388
1997Mesonychidae McKenna and Bell p. 366
1998Mesonychidae Archibald p. 299
1998Mesonychidae Gingerich p. 427 figs. FIgure 1
2001Mesonychidae Thewissen et al. p. suppl.
2007Mesonychidae Geisler and McKenna p. 190
2009Mesonychidae Spaulding et al.
2012Mesonychidae Rose et al.
2018Mesonychidae Solé et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
—Mesonychia
familyMesonychidae
familyMesonychidae

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.

Fm. †Mesonychidae Cope 1875 [condylarth]
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G. †Dissacus Cope 1881
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†Dissacus argenteus O'Leary and Rose 1995
†Dissacus blayaci Stehlin 1926
†Dissacus bohaiensis Tong and Wang 2006
†Dissacus europaeus Lemoine 1891
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Invalid names: Hyaenodictis gaudryi Lemione 1891 [synonym]
†Dissacus filholi Lemoine 1891
†Dissacus indigenus Dashzeveg 1976
†Dissacus magushanensis Yan and Tang 1976
†Dissacus navajovius Cope 1881
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Invalid names: Dissacus carnifex Cope 1882 [synonym]
†Dissacus praenuntius Matthew and Granger 1915
†Dissacus progressus Crusafont-Pairo and Golpe-Posse 1968
†Dissacus raslanloubatieri Solé et al. 2018
†Dissacus rotundus Wang 1975
†Dissacus rougierae Solé et al. 2018
†Dissacus saurognathus Wortman 1897
†Dissacus serior O'Leary and Rose 1995
†Dissacus serratus Chow and Qi 1978
†Dissacus shanghoensis Chow et al. 1973
†Dissacus willwoodensis O'Leary and Rose 1995
†Dissacus zanabazari Geisler and McKenna 2007
†Dissacus zengi Ting 2004
Invalid names: Hyaenodictis Lemoine 1891 [synonym], Hyoenodictis Lemoine 1880 [synonym], Plesidissacus Lemoine 1894 [synonym]
G. †Dissacusium Chow et al. 1977
G. †Harpagolestes Wortman 1901
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†Harpagolestes brevipes Thorpe 1923
†Harpagolestes immanis Matthew 1909
†Harpagolestes koreanicus Shikama 1943
†Harpagolestes leei Jin 2005
†Harpagolestes leotensis Peterson 1931
†Harpagolestes orientalis Szalay and Gould 1966
G. †Hessolestes Peterson 1931
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†Hessolestes ultimus Peterson 1931
G. †Honanodon Chow 1965
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†Honanodon hebetis Chow 1965
†Honanodon macrodontus Chow 1965
G. †Jiangxia Zhang et al. 1979
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†Jiangxia chaotoensis Zhang et al. 1979
G. †Lohoodon Chow et al. 1973
Subfm. †Mesonychinae Cope 1880
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G. †Ankalagon Van Valen 1980
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Invalid names: Ancalagon Van Valen 1978 [synonym]
G. †Guilestes Zheng and Chi 1978
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†Guilestes acares Zheng and Chi 1978
G. †Hukoutherium Chow et al. 1973
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†Hukoutherium ambigum Chow et al. 1973
†Hukoutherium shimemensis Qi and Huang 1982
G. †Mesonyx Cope 1872
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†Mesonyx dakotensis Scott 1892
†Mesonyx obtusidens Cope 1872
†Mesonyx uqbulakensis Tong 1989
G. †Mongolestes Szalay and Gould 1966
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†Mongolestes hadrodens Szalay and Gould 1966
G. †Mongolonyx Szalay and Gould 1966
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†Mongolonyx dolichognathus Szalay and Gould 1966
G. †Yantanglestes Ideker and Yan 1980
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Invalid names: Lestes Yan and Tang 1976 [replaced]
G. †Metahapalodectes Dashzeveg 1976
G. †Olsenia Matthew and Granger 1925
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†Olsenia mira Matthew and Granger 1925
G. †Pachyaena Cope 1874
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†Pachyaena gigantea Osborn and Wortman 1892
†Pachyaena gracilis Matthew and Granger 1915
†Pachyaena nemegetica Dashzeveg 1976
†Pachyaena ossifraga Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Pachyaena intermedia Wortman 1899 [synonym]
G. †Plagiocristodon Chow and Qi 1978
G. †Sinonyx Zhou et al. 1995
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†Sinonyx jiashanensis Zhou et al. 1995
G. †Synoplotherium Cope 1872
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†Synoplotherium canius Cope 1872
†Synoplotherium lanius Cope 1872
†Synoplotherium vorax Marsh 1876
Invalid names: Dromocyon Marsh 1876 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hapalodectinae Szalay and Gould 1966 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available