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Anancus kenyensis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Anancus kenyensis was named by MacInnes (1942). Its type specimen is M15400, a tooth (left M2/), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. alexeevae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Anancus kenyensis MacInnes
1945Anancus osiris Arambourg
1995Anancus kenyensis Kalb and Frohelich p. 729 figs. Figure 2
2007Anancus kenyensis Sanders p. 7
2007Anancus osiris Sanders p. 7
2009Anancus kenyensis Hautier et al. p. 172

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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
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
subfamilyAnancinaeHay 1922
genusAnancusAymard 1855
specieskenyensisMacInnes 1942

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.

†Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942
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Invalid names: Anancus osiris Arambourg 1945 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available