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Wickia brevirhinus

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Wickia brevirhinus was named by Mihlbachler (2008). Its type specimen is CMNH 11380, a skull (A skull with right I3, C, P2–M3, left C, P2 (partial), and P3–M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sand Wash, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Washakie Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Wickia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Wickia brevirhinus Mihlbachler pp. 114 - 122 figs. 52 - 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeBrontotheriiniMarsh 1873
subtribeTelmatheriina()
genusWickia
speciesbrevirhinus

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.

†Wickia brevirhinus Mihlbachler 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available