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Saxonellidae

Mammalia - Primates - Saxonellidae

Taxonomy
Saxonellidae was named by Russell (1964). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Beard (1993).

It was assigned to Plesiadapiformes by Beard (1993); and to Plesiadapoidea by Gunnell (1989), Fox (1991) and Bloch et al. (2007).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Saxonellidae Russell
1989Saxonellidae Gunnell p. 147
1991Saxonellidae Fox p. 334
1993Saxonellidae Beard
2007Saxonellidae Bloch et al. p. 1162

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familySaxonellidaeRussell 1964
familySaxonellidaeRussell 1964

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.

Fm. †Saxonellidae Russell 1964
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G. †Saxonella Russell 1964
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Saxonella crepaturae Russell 1964
Saxonella naylori Fox 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available