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McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
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McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K.
1997
Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
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Abacinonyx Kretzoi, 1929 † accepted as Acinonyx Brookes, 1828 (source of synonymy)
Abacinonyx Kretzoi, 1929 † accepted as Acinonyx Brookes, 1828 (habitat flag source) Abacinonyx Kretzoi, 1929 † accepted as Acinonyx Brookes, 1828 (name verified source) Abacinonyx Kretzoi, 1929 † accepted as Acinonyx Brookes, 1828 (extant flag source) Abacinonyx Kretzoi, 1929 † accepted as Acinonyx Brookes, 1828 (verified source for family) Abacinonyx Kretzoi, 1929 † accepted as Acinonyx Brookes, 1828 (basis of record) Abathmodon Lund, 1842 accepted as Speothos Lund, 1839 (additional source) Abderitidae Ameghino, 1889 † (extant flag source) Abderitidae Ameghino, 1889 † (current name source) Abeomelomys Menzies, 1990 (additional source) Abothrodon Couto, 1944 † (verified source for family) Absonodaphoenus Olsen, 1958 † accepted as Pseudarctos Schlosser, 1899 † (source of synonymy) Achlysictis Ameghino, 1891 † accepted as Thylacosmilus Riggs, 1933 † (source of synonymy) Achlysictis Ameghino, 1891 † accepted as Thylacosmilus Riggs, 1933 † (verified source for family) Achtiaria Borissiak, 1914 † accepted as Palaeotragus Gaudry, 1861 † (source of synonymy) Achtiaria Borissiak, 1914 † accepted as Palaeotragus Gaudry, 1861 † (verified source for family) Achyrodon Owen, 1871 † accepted as Amblotherium Owen, 1871 † (source of synonymy) Achyrodon Owen, 1871 † accepted as Amblotherium Owen, 1871 † (verified source for family) Aclistomycter Wilson, 1971 † (current name source) Aclistomycter Wilson, 1971 † (verified source for family) Acmeodon Matthew & Granger, 1921 † (verified source for family) Acoelodidae Ameghino, 1901 † accepted as Notoungulata † (status source) Acoelodus Ameghino, 1897 † (verified source for family) Acotherulum Gervais, 1850 † (verified source for family) Acotherulum Gervais, 1850 † (current name source) Acrobatidae Aplin, 1987 (name verified source) Acrohyaenodon Ameghino, 1904 † accepted as Thylacosmilus Riggs, 1933 † (source of synonymy) Acrohyaenodon Ameghino, 1904 † accepted as Thylacosmilus Riggs, 1933 † (verified source for family) Acropithecus Ameghino, 1903 † (current name source) Acrostylops Ameghino, 1901 † accepted as Homalostylops Ameghino, 1901 † (source of synonymy) Acrostylops Ameghino, 1901 † accepted as Homalostylops Ameghino, 1901 † (extant flag source) Acrotherium Ameghino, 1887 † accepted as Nesodon Owen, 1847 † (verified source for family) Acrotherium Ameghino, 1887 † accepted as Nesodon Owen, 1847 † (source of synonymy) Acrotherium Ameghino, 1887 † accepted as Nesodon Owen, 1847 † (extant flag source) Acrotitan Ye, 1983 † (current name source) Acrotypotherium Rusconi, 1936 † accepted as Typotheriopsis Cabrera & Kraglievich in Kraglievich, 1930 † (status source) Acrotypotherium Rusconi, 1936 † accepted as Typotheriopsis Cabrera & Kraglievich in Kraglievich, 1930 † (source of synonymy) Actiocyon Stock, 1947 † (additional source) Actiocyon Stock, 1947 † (current name source) Aculeata Geoffroy, 1795 accepted as Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811 (extant flag source) Aculeata Geoffroy, 1795 accepted as Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811 (verified source for family) Aculeodens Weitzel, 1949 † accepted as Macrocranion Weitzel, 1949 † (verified source for family) Aculeodens Weitzel, 1949 † accepted as Macrocranion Weitzel, 1949 † (source of synonymy) Acyon Ameghino, 1887 † accepted as Cladosictis Ameghino, 1887 † (extant flag source) Acyon Ameghino, 1887 † accepted as Cladosictis Ameghino, 1887 † (verified source for family) Acyon Ameghino, 1887 † accepted as Cladosictis Ameghino, 1887 † (source of synonymy) Adaetontherium Lewis, 1934 † accepted as Conohyus Pilgrim, 1926 † (source of synonymy) Adaetontherium Lewis, 1934 † accepted as Conohyus Pilgrim, 1926 † (status source) Adaetontherium Lewis, 1934 † accepted as Conohyus Pilgrim, 1926 † (extant flag source) Adapidium Young, 1937 † (name verified source) Adapidium Young, 1937 † (verified source for family) Adapisorex Lemoine, 1883 † (extant flag source) Adapisorex Lemoine, 1883 † (current name source) Adapisorex Lemoine, 1883 † (verified source for family) Adapisoricidae Schlosser, 1887 † (current name source) Adapisoricidae Schlosser, 1887 † (name verified source) Adelobasileus Lucas & Hunt, 1990 † (verified source for family) Adelphotherium Ameghino, 1887 † accepted as Nesodon Owen, 1847 † (verified source for family) Adelphotherium Ameghino, 1887 † accepted as Nesodon Owen, 1847 † (source of synonymy) Adianthus Ameghino, 1891 † (verified source for family) Adianthus Ameghino, 1891 † (current name source) Adiantoides Simpson & Minoprio, 1949 † (verified source for family) Adiantoides Simpson & Minoprio, 1949 † (current name source) Adiastemus Ameghino, 1893 † accepted as Pelecyodon Ameghino, 1891 † (source of synonymy) Adiastemus Ameghino, 1893 † accepted as Pelecyodon Ameghino, 1891 † (verified source for family) Adiastemus Ameghino, 1893 † accepted as Pelecyodon Ameghino, 1891 † (extant flag source) Adpithecus Ameghino, 1901 † accepted as Notopithecus Ameghino, 1897 † (source of synonymy) Adpithecus Ameghino, 1901 † accepted as Notopithecus Ameghino, 1897 † (extant flag source) Adpithecus Ameghino, 1901 † accepted as Notopithecus Ameghino, 1897 † (verified source for family) Adracon Filhol, 1885 † (verified source for family) Adrotherium Filhol, 1883 † accepted as Mixtotherium Filhol, 1880 † (verified source for family) Adrotherium Filhol, 1883 † accepted as Mixtotherium Filhol, 1880 † (extant flag source) Adrotherium Filhol, 1883 † accepted as Mixtotherium Filhol, 1880 † (source of synonymy) Adunator Russell, 1964 † (verified source for family) Aeluravus Schlosser, 1916 † accepted as Sivanasua Pilgrim, 1931 † (source of synonymy) Aelureidopus Woodward, 1915 † accepted as Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards, 1870 (source of synonymy) Aelureidopus Woodward, 1915 † accepted as Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards, 1870 (extant flag source) Aeluropsis Lydekker, 1884 † (verified source for family) Aenigmadelphys Cifelli & Johanson, 1994 † (verified source for family) Aenocyon Merriam, 1918 † (name verified source) Aenocyon Merriam, 1918 † (verified source for family) Aeotragus Dietrich, 1950 † accepted as Praedamalis Dietrich, 1950 † (verified source for family) Aeotragus Dietrich, 1950 † accepted as Praedamalis Dietrich, 1950 † (source of synonymy) Africanthropus Dreyer, 1935 † accepted as Homo Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record) Africanthropus Dreyer, 1935 † accepted as Homo Linnaeus, 1758 (source of synonymy) Africanthropus Dreyer, 1935 † accepted as Homo Linnaeus, 1758 (extant flag source) Afrikanthropus Weinert, 1938 † accepted as Homo Linnaeus, 1758 (source of synonymy) Afrochoerus Leakey, 1942 † accepted as Stylochoerus van Hoepen, 1932 † (verified source for family) Afrochoerus Leakey, 1942 † accepted as Stylochoerus van Hoepen, 1932 † (source of synonymy) Afrosmilus Kretzoi, 1929 † accepted as Pseudaelurus Gervais, 1850 † (source of synonymy) Afrosmilus Kretzoi, 1929 † accepted as Pseudaelurus Gervais, 1850 † (verified source for family) Aftonius Hay, 1913 † accepted as Euceratherium Furlong & Sinclair, 1904 † (verified source for family) Aftonius Hay, 1913 † accepted as Euceratherium Furlong & Sinclair, 1904 † (extant flag source) Aftonius Hay, 1913 † accepted as Euceratherium Furlong & Sinclair, 1904 † (source of synonymy) Agnocyon Kaup, 1861 † accepted as Agnotherium Kaup, 1833 † (source of synonymy) Agnocyon Kaup, 1861 † accepted as Agnotherium Kaup, 1833 † (verified source for family) Agnocyon Kaup, 1861 † accepted as Agnotherium Kaup, 1833 † (extant flag source) Agnocyon Kaup, 1861 † accepted as Agnotherium Kaup, 1833 † (additional source) Agnomys Kraglievich, 1940 † (status source) Agnomys Kraglievich, 1940 † (verified source for family) Descriptive info Mountain pygmy possum. Originally described as fossil/extinct, however live examples discovered in 1966, refer ... [details] Nomenclatural status Nom. preocc., replaced by Hemanthropus von Königswald, 1957; both are syns. of Homo according to McKenna & Bell [details] Nomenclature Nomen novum for Hemianthropus von Königswald, 1957 [details] Subfamily From McKenna & Bell, 1997: Validity questionable. Probably best considered a nomen nudum or nomen oblitum. [details] Subfamily From McKenna & Bell, 1997: Palmer (1904) stated that Pontistes is antedated by Palaeopontoporia, based upon the ... [details] Subfamily From McKenna & Bell, 1997: Nomen dubium, possibly synonymous with some advanced toxodont. [details] Taxonomic remark Listed as syn. of Oldfieldthomasiidae in the Paleobiology DB (2022 version), rationale unclear (Acoelodus is not ... [details] Taxonomic remark Listen in Erinaceomorpha, as per McKenna & Bell, 1997, although as Macroscelidea in The PaleoBiology Database (2019 ... [details] Taxonomic remark Unallocated in suborder Feliformia according to McKenna & Bell, 1997, although The Paleobiology Database (2022 ... [details] Taxonomic remark Name misspelled ("Ailurena") in Nomenclator Zoologicus, also with incorrect second author (Wayne not Christian). [details] Taxonomic remark Name spelled Aeluravus (same authority) in Nomenclator Zoologicus; correct spelling not researched. [details] Taxonomic remark Stated synonymy (of Sansanosmilus per McKenna & Bell, 1997) requires clarification. McKenna & Bell, 1997 treat ... [details] Taxonomic remark McKenna & Bell, 1997, list as a syn. of Cimolomys, while noting that it "may, instead, be a synonym of Cimolodon". ... [details] Taxonomic remark Previously as nomen nudum by Kretzoi in Kadic & Kretzoi, 1930 (McKenna & Bell, 1997). [details] Taxonomic remark Listed as a syn. of Microtus in McKenna & Bell, but treated as an accepted genus by some later workers and in the ... [details] Taxonomic remark Listed as a syn. of Phenacodus in McKenna & Bell, 1997. Schoch, 1998, Transactions of the American Philosophical ... [details] Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomenclato Zoologicus as Viret, 1951, which appears to be a later usage (not further researched). [details] Taxonomic remark Listed as accepted genus in The Paleobiology Database (2022 version) based on older works, but a synonym of ... [details] Taxonomic remark Publication details cited in McKenna & Bell as Heller, 1935: 296. Nomenclator Zoologicus has no record for this ... [details] Taxonomic remark Either a misspelling in Nomenclator Zoologicus (correct is Amphilemur per McKenna & Bell, 1997 and elsewhere), or a ... [details] Taxonomic remark From McKenna & Bell, 1997: Synonymy [i.e., with Carolozittelia] questionable. This name appears to be a nomen ... [details] Taxonomic remark McKenna & Bell, 1997 list Bobolestes in Pappotheriidae, however more recent sources e.g. The Paleobiology DB (2022 ... [details] Taxonomic remark Excludes subfamily Hathliacyninae of McKenna & Bell, treated as family Hathliacynidae by more recent workers e.g. ... [details] Taxonomic remark Junior homonym of Bradylemur de Blainville, 1839 (Lorisidae), the latter currently treated as a synonym of Loris, ... [details] Taxonomic remark Corrected from original incorrrect spelling Branssatoglis by Hugueney, 1969. [details] Taxonomic remark Original incorrrect spelling; the corrected original spelling Bransatoglis was introduced by Hugueney, 1969. [details] Taxonomic remark for Condylarthra † Listed as an accepted order per McKenna & Bell, 1997, however later workers regard this order as polyphyletic and ... [details] Taxonomic remark According to McKenna & Bell, Lesson's name was attributed therein to Gray, 1825, however Gray's name was a nomen ... [details] Taxonomic remark Gray's original name Cyclothurus, 1825, was a nomen nudum according to both Neave and McKenna & Bell, and the first ... [details] Taxonomic remark From McKenna & Bell, 1997: Variant of Daphoenus for D. caroniavorus. [details] Taxonomic remark McKenna & Bell treat as a nomen oblitum, however this name is invalid, being a junior homonym of Decticus ... [details] Taxonomic remark McKenna & Bell, 1987 include Paleoparadoxidae in this family, however other sources maintain the two families as ... [details] Taxonomic remark Listed in own subfamily (Diacodontinae) in McKenna & Bell, 1997, unplaced in Erinaceomorpha. [details] Taxonomic remark ?incorrect original spelling: Neave has original spelling as Doliocherus Filhol, 1882, with Doliochoerus Roger, ... [details] Taxonomic remark From McKenna & Bell, 1997: Possibly should be regarded as a nomen dubium. The Palobiology DB (2022 version) lists ... [details] Taxonomic remark McKenna & Bell, 1997 mention the erection of family Gashterniidae in a note, but treat Gashternia as unallocated ... [details] Taxonomic remark McKenna & Bell, 1997 list this genus as unplaced in Ruminantia, although Paleobiology DB (2022 version) lists in ... [details] Taxonomic remark From McKenna & Bell, 1997: Possibly best regarded as a nomen oblitum. [details] Taxonomic remark Treated as a subfamily of Borhyaenidae in McKenna & Bell, 1997, but as a separate family by recent authors, e.g. ... [details] Taxonomic remark for Hathlyacynidae † Spelling based on genus name Hathlyacynus Ameghino, 1894, an unaccepted variant spelling and objective synonym of ... [details] Taxonomic remark pro -liacynus Ameghino 1887 (Nomen. Zool.). Year given as 1894 in McKenna & Bell. [details] Taxonomic remark New genus, species (Helacyton gartleri) and family (Helacytidae) erected for a human cell line grown in the ... [details] Taxonomic remark From McKenna & Bell, 1997: Nomen dubium, possibly a synonym of some advanced toxodont. [details] Taxonomic remark Originally as subgenus of Ischyrictis Helbing, 1930. [details] Taxonomic remark Authority given in McKenna & Bell as Falconer & Cautley in Owen, 1845. [details] Taxonomic remark McKenna & Bell, 1997 list as Marsupialia (=Metatheria) unallocated; also as "basal metatheria" in Davis & Cifelli, ... [details] Taxonomic remark From McKenna & Bell, 1997: "Probably best regarded as a nomen dubium". Gaetano & Rougier, 2012 state: A form ... [details] Taxonomic remark Corrected original spelling (original spelling McKennatherium) by McKenna & Bell, 1997. [details] Taxonomic remark From McKenna & Bell, 1997: Replacement name for Myoryctes Forsyth Major, 1908, preoccupied. [details] Taxonomic remark Emended to Mackennamorphus by McKenna & Bell, 1997, however both names considered synonyms of Tetonius in that work. [details] Taxonomic remark Included as an accepted genus in Plesiadapidae (Primates) in PaleoBiology Database (2022 version) "according to G. ... [details] Taxonomic remark McKenna & Bell, 1997 quote a statement by Simpson, 1945 to the effect that the name "Megalonyx Jefferson, 1799" is ... [details] Taxonomic remark McKenna & Bell, 1997 quote a statement by Simpson, 1945 to the effect that the name "Megalonyx Jefferson, 1799" is ... [details] Taxonomic remark Listed as unallocated in suborder Feliformia in McKenna & Bell, 1997, although The Paleobiology Database (2022 ... [details] Taxonomic remark Name mentioned in passing only in McKenna & Bell (in discussion of the different name Mesochoerus Shaw & Cooke, ... [details] Taxonomic remark Not preoccupied by Mesochoerus Trouessart, 1898, a misspelling of Mesochaerus Depéret, 1887 and thus unavailable. [details] Taxonomic remark for Metatheria treated as syn. of Marsupialia (latter ranked as cohort) in McKenna & Bell, 1997. [details] Taxonomic remark Authority given in McKenna & Bell as Osborn, 1892, and in Silcox et al., 2017 as Osborn & Wortman, 1892 (not ... [details] Taxonomic remark From McKenna & Bell, 1997: Proposed as subgenus. Raised to generic rank by Zittel, Schlosser & Woodward, 1925 ... [details] Taxonomic remark Listed as syn. of Rhyncocyon in McKenna & Bell, 1997. [details] Taxonomic remark for Monotremata McKenna & Bell use this name as a subclass (syn. of Prototheria) equivalent to 2 orders, Platypoda Gill and ... [details] Taxonomic remark In addition to Nesomyinae Forsyth Major, 1897 (as subfamily of Muridae), McKenna & Bell give "Nesomyidae Weber, ... [details] Taxonomic remark This and Nothocyon Wortman & Matthew, 1899 are the same genus. McKenna and Bell (1997) list them as separate genera ... [details] Taxonomic remark According to McKenna & Bell, 1997, Yan & Tang (1976) used this name on a figure accompanying their description of ... [details] Taxonomic remark As unallocated Placentalia (=Eutheria) in McKenna & Bell, 1997; Wang et al., 2016 also list as order indet., family ... [details] Taxonomic remark McKenna & Bell, 1997 treat this family as a syn. of Desmostylidae, however other authors e.g. Domning, 2018 ... [details] Taxonomic remark The Paleobiology Database (2022) version places this genus in Bathyergidae citing McKenna & Bell, however the ... [details] Taxonomic remark Listed as a synponym of Plesiosminthus Viret, 1926 in McKenna & Bell, 1997, however an accepted genus according to ... [details] Taxonomic remark for Peramelemorphia Listed as order Peramelia (with Peramelemorphia as synonym) in McKenna & Bell, 1997. [details] Taxonomic remark From McKenna & Bell, 1997: Perutherium (sole included genus) is "possibly a didolodontid or a primitive notoungulate". [details] Taxonomic remark Proposed as subgenus (McKenna & Bell, 1997). [details] Taxonomic remark This spelling and year as given in McKenna & Bell, treated as a corrected original spelling (current usage), ... [details] Taxonomic remark The spelling Plataeomys is used in McKenna & Bell for this genus (?= current usage), so the spelling "Plateomys" ... [details] Taxonomic remark Junior homonym of Platyodon Conrad, 1837 (Mollusca). [details] Taxonomic remark Junior homonym of Pleurocyon Mercerat, 1917, a fossil canid; replacement name is Simidectes Stock, 1933. [details] |
