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Vulpavus canavus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Miacis canavus was named by Cope (1881) [misattributed to Matthew 1915 by Guthrie 1971].

It was recombined as Uintacyon canavus by Wortman and Matthew (1899) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Prodaphaenus canavus by Wortman (1901); it was recombined as Vulpavus canavus by Matthew (1909) and Matthew and Granger (1915).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Miacis canavus Cope p. 189
1881Miacis brevirostris Cope p. 190
1892Miacis brevirostris Scott p. 320
1892Miacis canavus Scott p. 320
1899Uintacyon brevirostris Wortman and Matthew p. 112
1899Uintacyon canavus Wortman and Matthew p. 112
1901Prodaphaenus canavus Wortman
1902Uintacyon brevirostris Hay p. 760
1902Uintacyon canavus Hay p. 760
1909Vulpavus canavus Matthew
1915Vulpavus canavus Matthew and Granger

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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
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
genusVulpavus
speciescanavus()

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.

Vulpavus canavus Cope 1881
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Invalid names: Miacis brevirostris Cope 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available