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Simpsonotus major

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Henricosborniidae

Taxonomy
Simpsonotus major was named by Pascual et al. (1978). Its type specimen is MLP 73-VII-3-12, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Between Pisungo and Rio Grande, c 200m from Tres Cruces to Mina Aguilar road, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian terrestrial horizon in the Mealla Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Simpsonotus major Pascual et al. p. 375

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
familyHenricosborniidae()
genusSimpsonotus
speciesmajor

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.

†Simpsonotus major Pascual et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
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