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Skinnerhyus

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Skinnerhyus Prothero and Pollen p. 47 figs. 5 - 7
2017Skynnerhyus Dutra et al. p. 355
2021Skinnerhyus Prothero p. 35

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
—Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
tribePlatygonini
genusSkinnerhyus

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.

G. †Skinnerhyus Prothero and Pollen 2013
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†Skinnerhyus shermerorum Prothero and Pollen 2013
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Prothero and A. Pollen 2013(Modified from Wright, 1983, p. 121): Broad fan-like zygo- matic wings that flare outward and upward; deep rostral muscle fossa beneath the anterior edge of the zygomatic wing; glenoid fossa not extending lateral to tympanic wing; no contact between maxilla and lateral edge of orbitosphenoid bulla; narrow auditory bulla; cancellous suprapalatine inflation, with deep dorsal palatine sulcus; moderate-sized premaxilla, about 45 mm in length; nearly spherical occipital condyles compared to other
F:AM 113317 (skull) and F:AM 113264 in articulation as they are jaw in B, left lateral, and C, crown views. Scale bar (B and C) equals
tayassuines; long upper post-canine diastema (greater than 50 mm); cheek teeth without broad, bulbous shape seen in Macrogenis; P2 with protocone, metacone; P3, P4 submolarized