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Pachyaena gigantea

Osteichthyes - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Taxonomy
Pachyaena gigantea was named by Osborn and Wortman (1892).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Pachyaena gigantea Osborn and Wortman
1892Pachyaena gigantea Scott p. 305
1902Pachyaena gigantea Hay p. 749
1930Pachyaena gigantea Hay p. 467
2018Pachyaena gigantea Solé et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
—Mesonychia
familyMesonychidae
genusPachyaenaCope 1874
speciesgiganteaOsborn and Wortman 1892

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.

†Pachyaena gigantea Osborn and Wortman 1892
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Diagnosis
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