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Monosaulax curtus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Dipoides curtus was named by Matthew and Cook (1909). Its type specimen is AMNH 13871 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eucastor curtus by Stout in Skinner and Taylor (1967) and Tedford and Barghoorn (1993); it was recombined as Monosaulax curtus by Stirton (1935), Galbreath (1953), Sutton (1977), Evander (1999) and Korth (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Dipoides curtus Matthew and Cook p. 381 figs. Fig. 9
1935Monosaulax curtus Stirton
1953Monosaulax curtus Galbreath
1967Eucastor curtus Stout in Skinner and Taylor
1977Monosaulax curtus Sutton
1993Eucastor curtus Tedford and Barghoorn
1999Monosaulax curtus Evander
1999Monosaulax curtus Korth

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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
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyCastoroideaGray 1821
familyCastoridae
subfamilyCastoroidinaeAllen 1877
tribeCastoroidiniAllen 1877
genusMonosaulax
speciescurtus()

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.

Monosaulax curtus Matthew and Cook 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available