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Sarcolemur

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Sarcolemur was named by Cope (1875).

It was synonymized subjectively with Antiacodon by Gazin (1952), Gazin (1958), Gazin (1958), Eaton (1985), Walsh (2000).

It was assigned to Pseudolemuridae by Schlosser (1877); to Limnotheriidae by Hay (1902); to Hyopsodontidae by Osborn (1902); and to Antiacodontinae by Stucky (1998).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Sarcolemur Cope
1877Sarcolemur Schlosser p. 34
1902Sarcolemur Hay p. 793
1902Sarcolemur Osborn p. 189
1971Sarcolemur Guthrie
1998Sarcolemur Stucky p. 365

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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
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
subfamilyAntiacodontinae
genusSarcolemurCope 1875

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.

G. †Sarcolemur Cope 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available