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Galecyon mordax

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Sinopa mordax was named by Matthew and Granger (1915).

It was recombined as Paeneprolimnocyon mordax by Van Valen (1969) and Delson (1971); it was recombined as Galecyon mordax by Gingerich and Deutsch (1989), Gunnell (1998) and Borths et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Sinopa mordax Matthew and Granger
1969Paeneprolimnocyon mordax Van Valen
1971Paeneprolimnocyon mordax Delson
1989Galecyon mordax Gingerich and Deutsch
1998Galecyon mordax Gunnell
2016Galecyon mordax Borths 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
Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilySinopinae()
genusGalecyon
speciesmordax()

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.

Galecyon mordax Matthew and Granger 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available