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Choeroclaenus turgidunculus

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Mioclaenus turgidunculus was named by Cope (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barrel Spring Arroyo (Taeniolabis Zone), which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.

It was recombined as Tiznatzinia turgidunculus by Simpson (1936); it was recombined as Oxyacodon turgidunculus by Matthew (1937); it was recombined as Promioclaenus turgidunculus by Van Valen (1978); it was recombined as Choeroclaenus turgidunculus by Simpson (1937), Williamson and Lucas (1993) and Williamson (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Mioclaenus turgidunculus Cope p. 334
1892Mioclaenus turgidunculus Scott p. 321
1897Mioclaenus turgidunculus Matthew pp. 313 - 314
1902Mioclaenus turgidunculus Hay p. 606
1936Tiznatzinia turgidunculus Simpson
1937Oxyacodon turgidunculus Matthew
1937Choeroclaenus turgidunculus Simpson
1978Promioclaenus turgidunculus Van Valen
1993Choeroclaenus turgidunculus Williamson and Lucas
1996Choeroclaenus turgidunculus Williamson

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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
genusChoeroclaenus
speciesturgidunculus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available