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Mesoreodon floridensis

Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae

Taxonomy
Mesoreodon floridensis was named by MacFadden and Morgan (2003). Its type specimen is UF 125416, a skull (cranium and mandible with complete R & L dentition.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is White Springs 3B, which is in a Chattian marginal marine sandstone in the Parachucla Formation of Florida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Mesoreodon floridensis MacFadden and Morgan
2007Mesoreodon floridensis Stevens and Stevens p. 160

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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
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyMerycoidodontidae
subfamilyMerycoidodontinae
genusMesoreodon
speciesfloridensis

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.

†Mesoreodon floridensis MacFadden and Morgan 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available