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Sivaonyx soriae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Sivaonyx soriae was named by Morales and Pickford (2005). Its type specimen is KNM LU 337 +338, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lukeino fm., which is in a Messinian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Lukeino Formation of Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Sivaonyx soriae Morales and Pickford p. 235

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triploblastica
—Nephrozoa
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Sarcopterygii
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda()
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
—Batrachosauria()
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Synapsida()
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Epicynodontia
infraorderEucynodontia
—Probainognathia
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
subclassTribosphenida()
infraclassEutheria()
—Placentalia
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
genusSivaonyxPilgrim 1931
speciessoriae

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