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Merycobunodon

Mammalia - Oromerycidae

Taxonomy
Merycobunodon was named by Golz (1976). It is not extant. Its type is Merycobunodon littoralis.

It was assigned to Oromerycidae by Golz (1976), Carroll (1988) and Prothero (1998).

Species
M. littoralis (type species), M. walshi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Merycobunodon Golz
1988Merycobunodon Carroll
1998Merycobunodon Prothero p. 427

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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
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyOromerycidae
genusMerycobunodon

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. †Merycobunodon Golz 1976
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†Merycobunodon walshi Murphey and Kelly 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available