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Hyopsodus minusculus

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyopsodus minusculus was named by Leidy (1873) [also said to be 1874]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Little Dry Creek, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hyopsodus vicarius by Cope (1875).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Hyopsodus minusculus Leidy p. 81
1902Hyopsodus minusculus Hay p. 790
1902Hyopsodus minusculus Osborn pp. 186 - 187
1909Hyopsodus minusculus Matthew
1930Hyopsodus minusculus Hay p. 444
1968Hyopsodus minusculus Gazin
1979Hyopsodus minusculus West

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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
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyHyopsodontidaeTrouessart 1879
genusHyopsodusLeidy 1870
speciesminusculus

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.

†Hyopsodus minusculus Leidy 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available