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Alicornops alfambrense

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Aceratherium alfambrense was named by Cerdeño and Alcalá (1989). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNCN RO 318/211, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is La Roma 2, which is in a MN 10 terrestrial claystone in the Alfambra Formation of Spain.

It was recombined as Alicornops alfambrense by Cerdeño and Alcalá (1989), Cerdeno (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. simorense, A. simorrense, A. simorrensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Alicornops alfambrense Cerdeño and Alcalá p. 40 figs. fig. 3; Pl. 1, figs. 3, 4
1992Alicornops alfambrense Cerdeno

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
tribeAceratheriiniDollo 1885
genusAlicornopsGinsburg and Guerin 1979
speciesalfambrense()

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.

†Alicornops alfambrense Cerdeño and Alcalá 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available