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Hyaenodon horridus

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyaenodon horridus was named by Leidy (1853).

It was recombined as Neohyaenodon horridus by Thorpe (1922).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Hyaenodon horridus Leidy p. 392
1857Hyaenodon horridus Leidy p. 90
1892Hyaenodon horridus Scott p. 317
1902Hyaenodon horridus Hay p. 758
1922Neohyaenodon horridus Thorpe
1936Hyaenodon horridus Scott and Jepsen
1953Hyaenodon horridus Galbreath
1966Hyaenodon horridus Van Valen
1977Hyaenodon horridus Mellett
1986Hyaenodon horridus Gustafson
1996Hyaenodon horridus Polly
1998Hyaenodon horridus Gunnell

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyHyaenodontinaeTrouessart 1885
genusHyaenodonLaizer and Parieu 1838
specieshorridus

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.

Hyaenodon horridus Leidy 1853
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available