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Myrmecophaginae

Osteichthyes - Myrmecophagidae

Taxonomy
Myrmecophaginae is a subfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Myrmecophagidae by Gaudin and Branham (1998).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2006-07-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Myrmecophaginae Gaudin and Branham

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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
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
superfamilyVermilingua
familyMyrmecophagidae
subfamilyMyrmecophaginae
subfamilyMyrmecophaginae

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.

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G. †Neotamandua Rovereto 1914
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Neotamandua australis Scillato-Yané and Carlini 1998
Neotamandua borealis Hirschfeld 1976
Neotamandua conspicua Rovereto 1914
Neotamandua greslebini Kraglievich 1940
Neotamandua magna Ameghino 1919
G. †Protamandua Ameghino 1904
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Protamandua rothi Ameghino 1904
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Invalid names: Promyrmephagus dolichoarthrus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Promyrmephagus euryarthrus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
Invalid names: Promyrmephagus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
G. Tamandua Gray 1825 [tamandua]
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Tamandua mexicana Saussure 1860 [Northern tamandua]
Tamandua tetradactyla Linnaeus 1758 [southern tamandua]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available