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Castorocauda

Docodonta

Taxonomy
Castorocauda was named by Ji et al. (2006). It is not extant. Its type is Castorocauda lutrasimilis. It is the type genus of Kamtschararctinae.

It was assigned to Kamtschararctinae by Dubrovo (1981); to Docodonta by Ji et al. (2006) and Averianov et al. (2010); and to Mammaliaformes by Bi et al. (2014).

Species
C. lutrasimilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Castorocauda Dubrovo
2006Castorocauda Ji et al. p. 1123
2010Castorocauda Averianov et al. p. 136 fig. 6
2014Castorocauda Bi et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
orderDocodontaKretzoi 1946
genusCastorocauda

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. †Castorocauda Ji et al. 2006
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Castorocauda lutrasimilis Ji et al. 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available