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Pliauchenia humphreysiana

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Pliauchenia humphreysiana was named by Cope (1875) [genotype, see Patton 1969a and Honey et al. 1998]. It is the type species of Pliauchenia.

It was corrected as Pliauchenia humphresiana by Matthew (1901); it was synonymized subjectively with Tanupolama vera by Hibbard (1963); it was synonymized subjectively with Hemiauchenia vera by Webb (1974) and Breyer (1977); it was considered a nomen dubium by Honey et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Pliauchenia humphreysiana Cope p. 1
1875Pliauchenia humphresiana Cope p. 989
1901Pliauchenia humphresiana Matthew p. 426
1902Pliauchenia humphreysiana Hay p. 680

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeLaminiWebb 1965
genusPliauchenia
specieshumphreysiana

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