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Pliauchenia magnifontis

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Pliauchenia magnifontis was named by Gregory (1939). Its type specimen is UCMP 32106, a partial skeleton (slightly crushed skull, lower jaws, limb bones, and some vertebrae of a young adult), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Pliauchenia magnifontis Gregory p. 367 fig. 1
1998Pliauchenia magnifontis Honey et al. p. 451

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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
speciesmagnifontis

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.

Pliauchenia magnifontis Gregory 1939
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. T. Gregory 1939termediate in size between Pliauchenia humphreysianaand Middle Pliocene species referable to the genus; jaw about the size of Procamelusoccidentalis.
Vestigial Dp - retained in type specimen; Pi absent in paratype. Caniniformteeth well developed, single-rooted, narrow, trenchant, not massive, curved Lbackward. P3
elongate but moderately wide, unreduced. P3narrow, elongate. Pt and molars came- loid, of same proportions and height of crown as in Procamelus. Palate not constricted in front of P3, flaring slightly at anterior ends of maxillaries. Muzzle narrow, tapering. Ramus of jaw elongate and heavy but not deep. Metapodials fused, of about the same proportions as Procamelus or slightly more slender. Smaller than the contemporary species of that genus.