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Amphicyon major

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Taxonomy
Amphicyon major was named by De Blainville (1841). Its type specimen is MP Sa 1 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Amphicyon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. confucianus, A. cooperi, A. crassidens, A. steinheimensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Amphicyon major De Blainville
1998Amphicyon major Hunt, Jr. p. 213
2001Amphicyon major Sach and Heizmann p. 28

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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
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
familyAmphicyonidaeHaeckel 1886
subfamilyAmphicyoninaeTrouessart 1885
tribeAmphicyoniniTrouessart 1885
genusAmphicyonLartet 1836
speciesmajorDe Blainville 1841

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.

†Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available