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Afrochoerodon

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae

Taxonomy
Afrochoerodon was named by Picford (2001). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Choerolophodontinae by Sanders and Miller (2002), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Afrochoerodon Picford
2002Afrochoerodon Sanders and Miller p. 395
2005Afrochoerodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2010Afrochoerodon Sanders et al. p. 203

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyChoerolophodontidae(Gaziry 1976)
genusAfrochoerodonPicford 2001

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. †Afrochoerodon Picford 2001
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Afrochoerodon kisumuensis Picford 2001
Afrochoerodon zaltaniensis Pickford 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available