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Mesogaulus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae

Taxonomy
Mesogaulus was named by Riggs (1899). It is not extant. Its type is Mesogaulus paniensis.

It was assigned to Mylagaulidae by Riggs (1899), Hay (1902) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Mylagaulinae by Lu et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Mesogaulus Riggs
1902Mesogaulus Hay p. 721
1997Mesogaulus McKenna and Bell
2016Mesogaulus Lu et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyMylagaulidaeCope 1881
subfamilyMylagaulinaeCope 1881
genusMesogaulusRiggs 1899

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. †Mesogaulus Riggs 1899
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†Mesogaulus ballensis Riggs 1899
†Mesogaulus paniensis Matthew 1902
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Invalid names: Mesogaulus praecursor Cook and Gregory 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available