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Oxyclaenus cuspidatus

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Mioclaenus cuspidatus was named by Cope (1884). Its type specimen is AMNH 3252, a partial skull (fragments of upper jaw containing premolars and molars and associated lower jaws buried in matrix), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Oxyclaenus.

It was recombined as Oxyclaenus cuspidatus by Scott (1892), Matthew (1897), Hay (1902), Matthew (1937), Van Valen (1978) and Eberle and Lillegraven (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Mioclaenus cuspidatus Cope p. 312
1892Oxyclaenus cuspidatus Scott p. 295
1897Oxyclaenus cuspidatus Matthew pp. 276 - 277
1902Oxyclaenus cuspidatus Hay p. 744
1937Oxyclaenus cuspidatus Matthew
1978Oxyclaenus cuspidatus Van Valen
1998Oxyclaenus cuspidatus Eberle and Lillegraven

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusOxyclaenusCope 1884
speciescuspidatus()

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.

Oxyclaenus cuspidatus Cope 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available