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Oxyaena pardalis

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Oxyaena pardalis was named by Matthew and Granger (1915).

It was synonymized subjectively with Oxyaena forcipata by Denison (1938).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Oxyaena pardalis Matthew and Granger
1984Oxyaena pardalis Kihm
1991Oxyaena pardalis Gunnell and Gingerich
1998Oxyaena pardalis Gunnell

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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
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
subfamilyOxyaeninaeTrouessart 1885
genusOxyaenaCope 1874
speciespardalis

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.

†Oxyaena pardalis Matthew and Granger 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available