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Hyracodon major

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyracodon major was named by Scott and Osborn (1887). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hyracodon nebraskensis by Wood (1960); it was considered a nomen dubium by Sinclair (1922) and Prothero (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Hyracodon major Scott and Osborn p. 170
1902Hyracodon major Hay p. 641
1921Hyracodon major Troxell p. 35

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyHyracodontidaeCope 1879
genusHyracodon
speciesmajor

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.

†Hyracodon major Scott and Osborn 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available