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Menodus varians

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Menops varians was named by Marsh (1887) [genotype].

It was recombined as Titanotherium varians by Osborn (1896); it was synonymized subjectively with Titanotherium ingens by Osborn (1902); it was recombined as Menodus varians by Osborn (1929).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2015-12-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Menops varians Marsh
1896Titanotherium varians Osborn p. 189
1929Menodus varians Osborn p. 535 figs. Plate CXLII; text figures 181, 409, 444
1989Menops varians Mader
1998Menops varians Mader

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeBrontotheriiniMarsh 1873
subtribeBrontotheriinaMarsh 1873
—BrontotheriitaMarsh 1873
genusMenodus
speciesvarians()

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.

†Menodus varians Marsh 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available