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Metaxytherium subappeninum

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Felsinotherium gunteri, M. albifontanum, M. aquitaniae, M. arctodites, M. beaumontii, M. crataegense (syn. M. calvertense), M. floridanum (syn. Felsinotherium ossivallense), M. krahuletzi (syn. Halianassa studeri, M. christoli, M. argoviense), M. lovisati, M. medium (syn. Manatus fossilis, M. catalaunicum, Haplosiren leganyii, M. cordieri, M. petersi, Halitherium cuvieri, Hippopotamus intermedius), M. meyeri, M. riveroi, M. serresii (syn. Halitherium minor), M. subapenninum (syn. Felsinotherium subalpinum, Felsinotherium forestii, Cheirotherium brochii, Felsinotherium gastaldi, Felsinotherium gervaisi)

Synonymy list
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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyHalitheriinae()
genusMetaxytherium
speciessubappeninum

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