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Hukoutherium ambigum

Osteichthyes - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Taxonomy
Hukoutherium ambigum was named by Chow et al. (1973). Its type specimen is IVPP V4233, a mandible (broken dentaries with incisors, canines, p1-4, and m2-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Linnania type, Nanxiong, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial mudstone in the Shanghu Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Hukoutherium ambigum Chow et al.
1973Hukoutherium ambigum Chow et al.
1977Hukoutherium ambigum Chow et al.
1995Hukoutherium ambigum Zhou et al. p. 388

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
—Mesonychia
familyMesonychidae
subfamilyMesonychinaeCope 1880
genusHukoutherium
speciesambigum

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.

†Hukoutherium ambigum Chow et al. 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available