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Lophocyon carpathicus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Lophocyon carpathicus was named by Fejfar et al. (1987). Its type specimen is KB 1979-103, left hemi-mandible of a juvenile, a mandible. Its type locality is Magnesite Quarry Kosice Bankov Banisko, near Kosice, year 1979, which is in a Serravallian fissure fill sandstone in Slovakia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Lophocyon carpathicus Fejfar et al. pp. 5-8 figs. 5-11
2019Lophocyon carpathicus Morales et al.

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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
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
subfamilyLophocyoninaeFejfar and Schmidt-Kittler 1987
genusLophocyon
speciescarpathicus

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.

†Lophocyon carpathicus Fejfar et al. 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available