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Neodesmostylus primigenius

Mammalia - Proboscidea

Taxonomy
Neodesmostylus primigenius was named by Khomenko (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Balyktach River, which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Neodesmostylus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Desmostylus wollosowitschi Pfizenmayer
1928Neodesmostylus primigenius Khomenko
1966Neodesmostylus primigenius Shikama p. 167

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
genusNeodesmostylus
speciesprimigenius

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.

†Neodesmostylus primigenius Khomenko 1928
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Invalid names: Desmostylus wollosowitschi Pfizenmayer 1927 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available