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Procamelus virginiensis

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Protocamelus virginiensis was named by Leidy (1873).

It was recombined as Procamelus virginiensis by Leidy (1873) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Auchenia virginiensis by Leidy (1892); it was recombined as Camelops virginiensis by Hay (1929); it was recombined as Tanupolama virginiensis by Simpson (1930); it was considered a nomen dubium by Webb (1974) and Dalquest and Schultz (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Procamelus virginiensis Leidy p. 259
1873Protocamelus virginiensis Leidy pp. 311-312
1892Auchenia virginiensis Leidy
1902Procamelus virginiensis Hay p. 678
1929Camelops virginiensis Hay
1930Tanupolama virginiensis Simpson

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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
genusProcamelus
speciesvirginiensis()

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