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Eucrotaphus auritus

Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae

Taxonomy
Eucrotaphus auritus was named by Leidy (1852).

It was synonymized subjectively with Agriochoerus major by Leidy (1857), Leidy (1869) and Cope (1884); it was recombined as Agriochoerus auritus by Hay (1902); it was considered a nomen dubium by Thorpe (1924); it was recombined as Blickohyus auritus by Lander (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Eucrotaphus auritus Leidy
1853Eucrotaphus auritus Leidy
1902Agriochoerus auritus Hay p. 663
1998Blickohyus auritus Lander

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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()
familyMerycoidodontidae
subfamilyMerycoidodontinae
genusEucrotaphus
speciesauritusLeidy 1852

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.

Eucrotaphus auritus Leidy 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available