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Alopex praeglacialis

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Alopex praeglacialis was named by Kormos (1932). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Villany locality 3, which is in the Villafranchian of horizon Hungary.

It was recombined as Vulpes praeglacialis by Bonifay (1971), Wang et al. (2008), Koufos (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Alopex praeglacialis Kormos
1962Alopex praeglacialis Dehm
1971Vulpes praeglacialis Bonifay
1971Vulpes marinosi Sickenberg
2008Vulpes praeglacialis Wang et al.
2022Vulpes praeglacialis Koufos

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
genusAlopexFrisch 1775
speciespraeglacialisKormos 1932

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.

†Alopex praeglacialis Kormos 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available