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Sarkastodon

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Sarkastodon was named by Granger (1938). Its type is Sarkastodon mongoliensis.

It was assigned to Oxyaeninae by Van Valen (1967); and to Oxyaenidae by Granger (1938) and Gunnell (1998).

Species
S. henanensis, S. mongoliensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Sarkastodon Granger
1967Sarkastodon Van Valen
1998Sarkastodon Gunnell

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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()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
genusSarkastodon

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. †Sarkastodon Granger 1938
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†Sarkastodon henanensis Tong and Lei 1986
†Sarkastodon mongoliensis Granger 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available