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Coniopternium

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Taxonomy
Coniopternium was named by Ameghino (1894). Its type is Coniopternium andinum.

It was assigned to Mesorhinidae by Ameghino (1897); to Macraucheniidae by Shockey et al. (2009); and to Cramaucheniinae by Schmidt and Ferrero (2014).

Species
C. andinum (type species), C. primitivum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Coniopternium Ameghino p. 632
1897Coniopternium Ameghino p. 453
2009Coniopternium Shockey et al.
2014Coniopternium Schmidt and Ferrero

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
suborderLitopterna(Ameghino 1889)
familyMacraucheniidae
subfamilyCramaucheniinae()
genusConiopterniumAmeghino 1894

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.

G. †Coniopternium Ameghino 1894
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†Coniopternium andinum Ameghino 1894
†Coniopternium primitivum Cifelli and Soria 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available