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Apheliscus insidiosus

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

Taxonomy
Prototomus insidiosus was named by Cope (1874). Its type locality is Arroyo Blanco (Cope), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Apheliscus.

It was recombined as Apheliscus insidiosus by Cope (1875), Hay (1902), Matthew (1918), Hay (1930), Simpson (1951), Rose (1981) and Gunnell (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Prototomus insidiosus Cope
1875Apheliscus insidiosus Cope p. 17
1902Apheliscus insidiosus Hay p. 792
1918Apheliscus insidiosus Matthew
1930Apheliscus insidiosus Hay p. 450
1951Apheliscus insidiosus Simpson
1981Apheliscus insidiosus Rose
1998Apheliscus insidiosus Gunnell

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyApheliscidaeMatthew 1918
genusApheliscusCope 1875
speciesinsidiosus(Cope 1874)

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.

†Apheliscus insidiosus Cope 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available