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Rytiodus heali

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Rytiodus heali was named by Domning (2011) [formerly BRSUG 20853a–e and 20854]. Its type specimen is BMNH M82415, a partial skeleton (skull, vertebrae and ribs), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. healyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Rytiodus heali Domning p. 1340 figs. Figs. 2-13; Table 1
2019Rytiodus heali Samonds et al. p. 2

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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
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyDugonginae
genusRytiodus
speciesheali

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.

†Rytiodus heali Domning 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available