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Miolabis transmontanus

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Protolabis transmontanus was named by Cope (1879). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Loup Fork Fauna", Cottonwood Creek, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Mascall Formation of Oregon. It is the type species of Miolabis.

It was recombined as Miolabis transmontanus by Hay (1899), Hay (1902), Cope and Matthew (1915), Frick and Taylor (1971), Kelly (1992) and Honey et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Protolabis transmontanus Cope p. 67–68
1899Miolabis transmontanus Hay p. 593
1901Protolabis transmontanus Matthew p. 426
1902Miolabis transmontanus Hay p. 676
1915Miolabis transmontanus Cope and Matthew pp. Plate CLIII
1971Miolabis transmontanus Frick and Taylor
1992Miolabis transmontanus Kelly p. 3
1998Miolabis transmontanus Honey 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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyMiolabinae
genusMiolabis
speciestransmontanus()

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