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Menodus hypoceras

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Symborodon hypoceras was named by Cope (1874).

It was recombined as Brontotherium hypoceras by Hay (1902), Osborn (1902) and Osborn (1929); it was recombined as Menodus hypoceras by Clark and Beerbower (1967); it was considered a nomen dubium by Osborn (1896), Mader (1989) and Mader (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Symborodon hypoceras Cope
1902Brontotherium hypoceras Hay p. 635
1902Brontotherium hypoceras Osborn
1929Brontotherium hypoceras Osborn
1967Menodus hypoceras Clark and Beerbower

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeBrontotheriiniMarsh 1873
subtribeBrontotheriinaMarsh 1873
BrontotheriitaMarsh 1873
genusMenodus
specieshypoceras(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.

Menodus hypoceras Cope 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available