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Capatanka

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Capatanka was named by Macdonald (1963). Its type is Capatanka cankpeopi.

It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeocastor by Martin (1987).

It was assigned to Castoridae by Macdonald (1963), Xu (1996) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
C. cankpeopi (type species), C. minor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Capatanka Macdonald
1996Capatanka Xu
1997Capatanka 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()
—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
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyCastoroideaGray 1821
familyCastoridae
genusCapatanka

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. †Capatanka Macdonald 1963
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†Capatanka cankpeopi Macdonald 1963
†Capatanka minor Xu 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available