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Epichriacus

Mammalia - Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae

Taxonomy
Epichriacus was named by Scott (1892).

It was synonymized subjectively with Tricentes by Van Valen and Sloan (1965); it was synonymized subjectively with Chriacus by Matthew (1897), Hay (1902), Matthew (1937) and Van Valen (1978).

It was assigned to Oxyclaenidae by Scott (1892).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Epichriacus Scott p. 296

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
familyOxyclaenidae
genusEpichriacus

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. †Epichriacus Scott 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available