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Metaxytherium aquitaniae

Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Metaxytherium aquitaniae was named by Pilleri (1987). Its type specimen is NHMB 09.917/1926, a partial skull (skull cap and cast of the dorsal endocranium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gans, which is in an Aquitanian marine horizon in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. alibfontatum, M. cratagense, M. subappeninum
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2005-03-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Metaxytherium aquitaniae Pilleri p. 41
1996Metaxytherium aquitaniae Domning p. 385

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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
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyHalitheriinae()
genusMetaxytherium
speciesaquitaniae

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.

†Metaxytherium aquitaniae Pilleri 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available