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Mesonychinae

Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Mesonychinae Cope
1966Mesonychinae Szalay and Gould p. 134
1979Mesonychinae Zhang et al.
1995Mesonychinae Zhou et al. p. 397

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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
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
Mesonychia
familyMesonychidae
subfamilyMesonychinaeCope 1880
subfamilyMesonychinaeCope 1880

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.

Subfm. †Mesonychinae Cope 1880
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G. †Ankalagon Van Valen 1980
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Invalid names: Ancalagon Van Valen 1978 [synonym]
G. †Guilestes Zheng and Chi 1978
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Guilestes acares Zheng and Chi 1978
G. †Hukoutherium Chow et al. 1973
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Hukoutherium ambigum Chow et al. 1973
Hukoutherium shimemensis Qi and Huang 1982
G. †Mesonyx Cope 1872
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Mesonyx dakotensis Scott 1892
Mesonyx obtusidens Cope 1872
Mesonyx uqbulakensis Tong 1989
G. †Mongolestes Szalay and Gould 1966
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Mongolestes hadrodens Szalay and Gould 1966
G. †Mongolonyx Szalay and Gould 1966
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Mongolonyx dolichognathus Szalay and Gould 1966
G. †Yantanglestes Ideker and Yan 1980
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Invalid names: Lestes Yan and Tang 1976 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available