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Node-based clade: Boreosphenida Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska 2001 (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Luo et al., 2001, nom. cl. nov., nom. cl. praeinit.
Original clade name & spelling:  Luo, Z.-X., Cifelli, R.L. & Kielan-Jaworowska, Z. 2001. Nature 409: 56 ("boreosphenidan clade"). [implicit]
Original definition [PhyloCode]:  Luo, Z.-X., Kielan-Jaworowska, Z. & Cifelli, R.L. 2002. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 47 (1): 29 ("sensu Luo, Cifelli, and Kielan−Jaworowska 2001", "defined").

Attributes

New clade name (nomen cladi novum) [PhyloCode] Ref: Z.-X. Luo et al. 2001. Nature 409: 56. [new] [implicit]
Pre-starting-point clade name (nom. cl. inval.: "nom. cl. praeinit.") [PhyloCode: Note 6.2.1 ([1984-]<2020)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 24 Jun 2022.

Variants

Rank-based name: Boreosphenida (Subclass) Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska, 2001 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004: table 11.1 (p. 411); table 10.1 (p. 379). [new] [implicit]
Rank-based name: Boreosphenida (Infraclass) Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska, 2001 Ref: Z.-X. Luo et al., 2002: 29. [implicit]
Rank-based name: Boreosphenida (Sublegion) Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska, 2001 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443. [inferred]

Synonyms

Including: Tribosphenida (Clade) McKenna 1975 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004 (alt.): table 10.1 (p. 379).
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