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Loxolophus priscus

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Chriacus priscus was named by Cope (1888). Its type specimen is AMNH 3108, a partial skull (incomplete skull with LP3-M3, RM2-M3, and fragment of lower jaw containing m1-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Protochriacus priscus by Scott (1892), Osborn and Earle (1895) and Matthew (1897); it was synonymized subjectively with Loxolophus hyattianus by Van Valen (1978) and Middleton (1983); it was recombined as Loxolophus priscus by Hay (1902), Matthew (1937), Lucas (1984), Williamson and Lucas (1993), Williamson (1996) and Eberle and Lillegraven (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Chriacus priscus Cope p. 337
1892Protochriacus priscus Scott p. 296
1895Protochriacus priscus Osborn and Earle
1897Protochriacus priscus Matthew p. 269
1902Loxolophus priscus Hay p. 745
1937Loxolophus priscus Matthew
1984Loxolophus priscus Lucas
1993Loxolophus priscus Williamson and Lucas
1996Loxolophus priscus Williamson
1998Loxolophus priscus Eberle and Lillegraven

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusLoxolophus
speciespriscus()

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.

Loxolophus priscus Cope 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available