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Megacricetodontidae (disused)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Megacricetodontidae

Taxonomy
Megacricetodontidae was named by Lindsay (1988). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rodentia by Pickford et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Megacricetodontidae Lindsay
2000Megacricetodontidae Pickford et al. p. 259

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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
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyMegacricetodontidaeLindsay 1988
familyMegacricetodontidaeLindsay 1988

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.

Fm. †Megacricetodontidae Lindsay 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available