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Chambius

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae

Taxonomy
Chambius was named by Hartenberger (1986). It is not extant. Its type is Chambius kasserinensis.

It was assigned to Macroscelidea by Hartenberger et al. (2001); to Macroscelidea by Seiffert (2007); to Apheliscidae by Hooker and Russell (2012); and to Herodotiinae by Simons et al. (1991) and Tabuce (2017).

Species
C. kasserinensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Chambius Hartenberger
1991Chambius Simons et al.
2001Chambius Hartenberger et al. p. 247
2007Chambius Seiffert
2012Chambius Hooker and Russell
2017Chambius Tabuce

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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
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyMacroscelididaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyHerodotiinae
genusChambiusHartenberger 1986

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.

G. †Chambius Hartenberger 1986
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†Chambius kasserinensis Hartenberger 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available