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Prolaena

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Prolaena was named by Xu et al. (1979). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Limnocyoninae by Tong and Lei (1986); and to Hyaenodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Prolaena Xu et al. p. 424
1986Prolaena Tong and Lei
1997Prolaena McKenna and Bell

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
subfamilyLimnocyoninae
genusProlaenaXu et al. 1979

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. †Prolaena Xu et al. 1979
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Prolaena parva Xu et al. 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available