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Merycochoerus pinensis

Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae

Taxonomy
Merycochoerus pinensis was named by Schultz and Falkenbach (1949) [named as a subspecies of Promerycochoerus montanus by Schultz and Falkenbach 1949; raised to species level by Lander 1998].

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Merycochoerus pinensis Schultz and Falkenbach
1998Merycochoerus pinensis Lander

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyMerycoidodontidae
subfamilyMerycochoerinae
genusMerycochoerus
speciespinensisSchultz and Falkenbach 1949

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.

†Merycochoerus pinensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available