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Borhyaenidium riggsi

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Borhyaenidium riggsi was named by Marshall (1981). Its type specimen is FMNH P14409, a partial skull (two fragments of left maxillary, one with C and anterior root of P1, other with M1-3; left mandibular ramus with root of C, roots of p1-3, m1 almost complete, m), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puerta de Corral Quemado, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial horizon in the Corral Quemado Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Borhyaenidium riggsi Marshall

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
subfamilyHathlyacininae()
genusBorhyaenidiumPascual and Bocchino 1963
speciesriggsi

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.

†Borhyaenidium riggsi Marshall 1981
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Diagnosis
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