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Stuckyhyus

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Stuckyhyus was named by Prothero (2015).

It was assigned to Hesperhyinae by Prothero (2015) and Prothero (2021).

Species
S. siouxensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Stuckyhyus Prothero p. 248 figs. 16 - 17
2021Stuckyhyus Prothero p. 13

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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
subfamilyHesperhyinae
genusStuckyhyus

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. †Stuckyhyus Prothero 2015
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†Stuckyhyus siouxensis Peterson 1906
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Prothero 2015Hesperhyine with a narrow plesiochoanal fossa, narrow posthamular part of the pterygoid, broad pterygoid process of the alisphenoid that joins the palate at a high angle, shallow orbitomaxillary fossa. It can be distinguished from other hesperhyines by its large lacrimal tubercle, and narrow lingual cingulum on P3.