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Meniscotherium priscum

Osteichthyes - Phenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Meniscotherium priscum was named by Granger (1915).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ectocion parvus by Van Valen (1978); it was synonymized subjectively with Meniscotherium tapiacitum by Williamson and Lucas (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. tapiacetum
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Meniscotherium priscum Granger
1981Meniscotherium priscum Rose
1982Meniscotherium priscum Gingerich
1990Meniscotherium priscum Thewissen
1991Meniscotherium priscum Novacek et al.

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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
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
—Phenacodonta
familyPhenacodontidaeCope 1881
subfamilyMeniscotheriinae(Cope 1882)
genusMeniscotheriumCope 1874
speciespriscum

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.

†Meniscotherium priscum Granger 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available