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Louisina

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Louisinidae

Taxonomy
Louisina was named by Russell (1964). It is not extant. Its type is Louisina mirabilis.

It was assigned to Hyopsodontidae by Carroll (1988); to Louisininae by Sudre and Russell (1982) and Zack et al. (2005); and to Louisinidae by Hooker and Russell (2012).

Species
L. marci, L. mirabilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Louisina Russell
1982Louisina Sudre and Russell
1988Louisina Carroll
2005Louisina Zack et al.
2012Louisina Hooker and Russell

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyLouisinidae
genusLouisinaRussell 1964

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. †Louisina Russell 1964
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Louisina marci Hooker and Russell 2012
Louisina mirabilis Russell 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available