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Algarolutra majori

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Cyrnaonyx majori was named by Malatesta (1978) [Museum of the Instito di Geologia e Paleontologia, Universita di Roma]. Its type specimen is MIGP 1944-1946, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dragonara Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Italy.

It was recombined as Algarolutra majori by Willemsen (1992), Palombo (2005) and Willemsen (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Cyrnaonyx majori Malatesta p. 114 figs. Figure 1
1992Algarolutra majori Willemsen p. 41
2005Algarolutra majori Palombo p. 54
2006Algarolutra majori Willemsen p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
tribeLutriniGray 1865
genusAlgarolutra
speciesmajori()

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.

Algarolutra majori Malatesta 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available