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Entoptychus sperryi

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Entoptychidae

Taxonomy
Entoptychus sperryi was named by Sinclair (1905). Its type specimen is UCMP 649, a skull (Cranium and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Entoptychus planifrons by Rensberger (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Entoptychus sperryi Sinclair p. 126 figs. PI. 14, Figs. 6 and 7

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyEntoptychidae(Miller and Gidley 1918)
genusEntoptychus
speciessperryi

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.

†Entoptychus sperryi Sinclair 1905
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Diagnosis
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