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Postcopemys repenningi

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Postcopemys repenningi was named by Lindsay and Czaplewski (2011). Its type specimen is MNA V4996, a maxilla (left M1-2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Buckboard Wash, which is in a Blancan terrestrial mudstone in the Verde Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Postcopemys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Postcopemys repenningi Lindsay and Czaplewski p. 5 figs. 2-4

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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
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusPostcopemys
speciesrepenningi

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.

†Postcopemys repenningi Lindsay and Czaplewski 2011
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Diagnosis
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