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Tetragonostylops

Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Trigonostylopidae

Taxonomy
Tetragonostylops was named by Paula Couto (1963). It is not extant. Its type is Trigonostylops apthomasi.

It was assigned to Trigonostylopidae by Carroll (1988).

Species
T. apthomasi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Tetragonostylops Paula Couto
1988Tetragonostylops Carroll

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderAstrapotheria
familyTrigonostylopidae
genusTetragonostylops

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. †Tetragonostylops Paula Couto 1963
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†Tetragonostylops apthomasi Price and Paula Couto 1950
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available