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Peraiocynodon inexpectatus

Osteichthyes - Docodonta - Docodontidae

Taxonomy
Peraiocynodon inexpectatus was named by Simpson (1928). Its type specimen is BMNH 48348, a mandible (partial left mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Peraiocynodon inexpectatus Simpson
1979Peraiocynodon inexpectatus Kron p. 91
2003Peraiocynodon inexpectatus Sigogneau-Russell p. 359

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

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.

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Diagnosis
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