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Corynorhinus

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Corynorhinus was named by Allen (1865).

It was reranked as Plecotus (Corynorhinus) by Allen (1865) and Topal (1989).

It was assigned to Plecotus by Allen (1865) and Topal (1989); and to Vespertilionidae by Sherman (1952), Rabon et al. (2000), Eshelman et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Corynorhinus Allen p. 173
1865Plecotus (Corynorhinus) Allen p. 173
1952Corynorhinus Sherman p. 88
1989Plecotus (Corynorhinus) Topal
2000Corynorhinus Rabon et al. p. 59
2025Corynorhinus Eshelman et al. p. 91

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusCorynorhinusAllen 1865

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. †Corynorhinus Allen 1865
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†Corynorhinus alleganiensis Gidley and Gazin 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available