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Vishnuonyx neptuni

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Vishnuonyx neptuni was named by Kargopoulos et al. (2021). Its type specimen is SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCIV- 0301, a mandible (right hemimandible with p1 alveolus and complete p2–m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hammerschmiede HAM 4, which is in a Tortonian fluvial horizon in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Vishnuonyx neptuni Kargopoulos 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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
genusVishnuonyxPilgrim 1932
speciesneptuni

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.

†Vishnuonyx neptuni Kargopoulos et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available