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Miocyon major

Mammalia - Carnivora - Miacidae

Taxonomy
Uintacyon major was named by Matthew (1909). Its type specimen is AMNH 12159, a mandible (m2), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Uintacyon bathygnathus by Gustafson (1986); it was recombined as Miocyon major by Bryant (1992) and Friscia and Rasmussen (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Uintacyon major Matthew
1992Miocyon major Bryant
2010Miocyon major Friscia and Rasmussen p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
superfamilyMiacoideaCope
familyMiacidae
genusMiocyon(Matthew 1909)
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.

Miocyon major Matthew 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available