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Megatylopus cochrani

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Pliauchenia cochrani was named by Hibbard and Riggs (1949). Its type locality is Keefe Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Megatylopus cochrani by Webb (1965), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Voorhies and Corner (1986) and Honey et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Pliauchenia cochrani Hibbard and Riggs
1965Megatylopus cochrani Webb
1980Megatylopus cochrani Kurten and Anderson p. 302
1986Megatylopus cochrani Voorhies and Corner
1998Megatylopus cochrani 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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeCameliniGray 1821
genusMegatylopus()
speciescochrani()

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.

Megatylopus cochrani Hibbard and Riggs 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available