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Zygiocuspis goldingi

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Zygiocuspis goldingi was named by Cifelli (1990) [genotype]. Its type specimen is MNA V4591, a tooth (L upper molar), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is northeast of Henrieville, OMNH V8, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Wahweap Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Zygiocuspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Zygiocuspis goldingi Cifelli
2004Zygiocuspis goldingi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 411, 424

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
genusZygiocuspis
speciesgoldingi

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.

†Zygiocuspis goldingi Cifelli 1990
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Diagnosis
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