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Procavia pliocenica

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae

Taxonomy
Procavia pliocenica was named by Pickford (2005). Its type specimen is PQ L 23564, a mandible (mandible with both bodies but lacking incisors), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lang. E Quarry-PPM 3aN, which is in a Zanclean floodplain sandstone in the Varswater Formation of South Africa.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Procavia pliocenica Pickford p. 152 figs. Figs. 10 & 11

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyProcaviidaeThomas 1892
genusProcaviaStorr 1780
speciespliocenica

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.

Procavia pliocenica Pickford 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available