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Hyracodon medius

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Taxonomy
Epitriplopus medius was named by Peterson (1934). It is the type species of Mesamynodon.

It was recombined as Mesamynodon medius by Peterson (1931) and Scott (1945); it was synonymized subjectively with Epitriplopus uintensis by Radinsky (1967) and Wilson and Schiebout (1984); it was recombined as Hyracodon medius by Rasmussen et al. (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Mesamynodon medius Peterson
1934Epitriplopus medius Peterson
1945Mesamynodon medius Scott
1999Hyracodon medius Rasmussen et al.

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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
speciesmedius(Peterson 1934)

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 medius Peterson 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available