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Cynorca

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Cynorca was named by Cope (1867).

It was synonymized subjectively with Squalodon by Zittel (1894) and Hay (1902); it was considered a nomen dubium by Wright and Eshelman (1987); it was considered a nomen dubium by Wright (1998); it was considered a nomen dubium by Prothero (2021).

It was assigned to Cynorcidae by Cope (1867), Gill (1871) and Gill (1872); to Tayassuinae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Tayassuidae by Gazin and Collins (1950), Woodburne (1969), Whitmore (1984), Carroll (1988) and Albright (1999).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Cynorca torquatus Cope
1867Squalodon protervus Cope
1867Cynorca Cope p. 144
1867Cynorca proterva Cope p. 144
1869Dicotyles lenis Leidy
1869Squalodon protervus Leidy p. 423
1871Cynorca Gill p. 125
1872Cynorca Gill p. 93
1894Squalodon protervus Zittel p. 171
1898Squalodon protervus Trouessart p. 1015
1902Squalodon protervus Hay p. 589
1904Squalodon protervus Case p. 7
1904Squalodon protervus Trouessart p. 756
1950Cynorca Gazin and Collins p. 17
1950Cynorca proterva Gazin and Collins p. 17
1969Cynorca Woodburne p. 287
1969Cynorca proterva Woodburne p. 287
1984Cynorca Whitmore p. 238
1984Cynorca proterva Whitmore p. 238
1988Cynorca Carroll
1997Cynorca McKenna and Bell p. 397
1999Cynorca Albright
2008Dicotyles protervus Uhen et al. p. 584

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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()
superfamilySuoidea
Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
genusCynorca

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. †Cynorca Cope 1867
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Invalid names: Cynorca proterva Cope 1867 [nomen dubium], Cynorca torquatus Cope 1867 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available