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Oxyclaenus pugnax

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Chriacus pugnax was named by Simpson (1935). Its type locality is Simpson Loc. 78 (lower Lebo), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Lebo Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Thangorodrim pugnax by Van Valen (1978); it was recombined as Oxyclaenus pugnax by Van Valen and Sloan (1965) and Robison (1986).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Chriacus pugnax Simpson
1965Oxyclaenus pugnax Van Valen and Sloan
1978Thangorodrim pugnax Van Valen
1978Thangorodrim thalion Van Valen
1986Oxyclaenus pugnax Robison

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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
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusOxyclaenusCope 1884
speciespugnax(Simpson 1935)

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.

Oxyclaenus pugnax Simpson 1935
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Invalid names: Thangorodrim thalion Van Valen 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available