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Eutemnodus americanus

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Eutemnodus americanus was named by Bravard (1858) [said to be a nomen nudum in Bravard 1858 and validated by Burmeister 1885 by Riggs 1934]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hyaenodon americanus by Ameghino (1904).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Eutemnodus americanus Bravard
1885Eutemnodus americanus Burmeister p. 97
1886Apera sanguinaria Ameghino p. 13
1891Hyaenodon sudamericanus Burmeister p. 376
1904Hyaenodon americanus Ameghino p. 117
1978Eutemnodus americanus Marshall

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
superfamilyBorhyaenoideaAmeghino 1894
—Borhyaenidae()
subfamilyBorhyaeninaeAmeghino 1894
genusEutemnodusBravard 1858
speciesamericanusBravard 1858

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.

†Eutemnodus americanus Bravard 1858
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Invalid names: Apera sanguinaria Ameghino 1886 [synonym], Hyaenodon sudamericanus Burmeister 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available