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Saghatherium majus

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Taxonomy
Saghatherium majus was named by Andrews (1906). Its type specimen is BMNH M8434, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NNW of Birket Qarun, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene fluvial horizon in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Saghatherium majus Andrews p. 91

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyPliohyracidae
subfamilySaghatheriinae()
genusSaghatheriumAndrews and Beadnell 1902
speciesmajus

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.

†Saghatherium majus Andrews 1906
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Diagnosis
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