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Taxonomy
Drassonax was named by Galbreath (1953). It is not extant. Its type is Drassonax harpagops.
It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Galbreath (1953); to Amphicynodontinae by Baskin and Tedford (1996); and to Phocoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Galbreath (1953); to Amphicynodontinae by Baskin and Tedford (1996); and to Phocoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
D. harpagops (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Drassonax Galbreath |
| 1996 | Drassonax Baskin and Tedford |
| 1997 | Drassonax McKenna and Bell p. 252 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||