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Thalassocnus natans

Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae

Taxonomy
Thalassocnus natans was named by Muizon and McDonald (1995). Its type specimen is MNHN SAS 734, a partial skeleton (skull, mandible, and partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sud Sacaco, Montemar, which is in a Messinian paralic siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Thalassocnus natans Muizon and McDonald p. 224 figs. Fig. 1-2
2017Thalassocnus natans Amson et al. p. 231 figs. Fig. 10
2019Thalassocnus natans Peralta-Prato and Solórzano p. 696

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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
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
—Megatheria
familyNothrotheriidaeAmeghino 1920
subfamilyThalassocninae
genusThalassocnus
speciesnatans

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.

†Thalassocnus natans Muizon and McDonald 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available