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Aepycamelus major

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Auchenia major was named by Leidy (1886) [suggested to be a synonym of C. hesternus by Slaughter et al. 1962, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Pinsof 1998]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mixson's Bone Bed, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Pliauchenia major by Cope (1892); it was recombined as Procamelus major by Leidy and Lucas (1896) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Megatylopus major by Simpson (1930), Webb (1965) and Webb (1969); it was recombined as Aepycamelus major by Webb et al. (1981), Harrison (1985) and Honey et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Auchenia major Leidy p. 12
1892Pliauchenia major Cope
1896Procamelus major Leidy and Lucas
1902Procamelus major Hay p. 678
1930Megatylopus major Simpson
1965Megatylopus major Webb
1969Megatylopus major Webb
1981Aepycamelus major Webb et al.
1985Aepycamelus major Harrison
1998Aepycamelus major 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
tribeLaminiWebb 1965
genusAepycamelus
speciesmajor()

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.

Aepycamelus major Leidy 1886
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Diagnosis
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