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Choctawius mckennai

Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae

Taxonomy
Navajovius mckennai was named by Szalay (1969). It is not extant. Its type locality is Almagre (Upper Largo), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico.

It was recombined as Niptomomys mckennai by Bown (1979); it was recombined as Choctawius mckennai by Beard and Dawson (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Navajovius mckennai Szalay
1979Niptomomys mckennai Bown
1989Navajovius mckennai Gunnell
2009Choctawius mckennai Beard and Dawson

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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
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
familyMicrosyopidaeOsborn and Wortman 1892
subfamilyUintasoricinaeSzalay 1969
genusChoctawius
speciesmckennai()

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.

†Choctawius mckennai Szalay 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available