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Macrogenis

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Macrogenis was named by Wright (1993) [named as subgenus by Matthew 1924; first published use as a genus that I know of]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tayassuidae by Wright (1993); to Platygonini by Dutra et al. (2017); and to Tayassuinae by Wright (1998) and Prothero (2021).

Species
M. crassigenis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Macrogenis Wright
1998Macrogenis Wright p. 395
2017Macrogenis Dutra et al. p. 355
2021Macrogenis Prothero p. 31

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
—Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
tribePlatygonini
genusMacrogenis

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. †Macrogenis Wright 1993
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†Macrogenis crassigenis Matthew and Gidley 1904
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available