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Ptilodontidae
Taxonomy
Ptilodontidae was named by Cope (1887). It is not extant. Its type is Ptilodus. It is the type family of Ptilodontoidea. It was considered monophyletic by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001).
It was assigned to Multituberculata by Simpson (1928); to Plagiaulacoidea by Simpson (1929); to Plagiaulacoidae by Hay (1930); to Multituberculata by Simpson (1927), Wood and Ormsbee (1954) and Gazin (1969); to Ptilodontoidea by Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Ptilodontoidea by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Scott et al. (2002) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Multituberculata by Simpson (1928); to Plagiaulacoidea by Simpson (1929); to Plagiaulacoidae by Hay (1930); to Multituberculata by Simpson (1927), Wood and Ormsbee (1954) and Gazin (1969); to Ptilodontoidea by Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Ptilodontoidea by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Scott et al. (2002) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Subtaxa
Aenigmamys, Allacodon, Baiotomeus, Camptomus, Kimbetohia, Prochetodon, Ptilodus (syn. Chirox) (type genus)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1887 | Ptilodontidae Cope |
1927 | Ptilodontidae Simpson p. 2 |
1928 | Ptilodontidae Simpson p. 2 |
1929 | Ptilodontidae Simpson pp. 11, 100 |
1930 | Ptilodontidae Hay p. 378 |
1954 | Ptilodontidae Wood and Ormsbee p. 26 |
1965 | Ptilodontidae Sloan and Van Valen p. 221 |
1969 | Ptilodontidae Gazin p. 3 |
1979 | Ptilodontidae Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101 |
1997 | Ptilodontidae McKenna and Bell |
2001 | Ptilodontidae Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 418 |
2002 | Ptilodontidae Scott et al. p. 692 |
2004 | Ptilodontidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 333-334 |
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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. †Ptilodontidae Cope 1887
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G. †Allacodon Marsh 1889
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†Allacodon fortis Marsh 1892
†Allacodon lentus Marsh 1889
†Allacodon pumilus Marsh 1889
G. †Baiotomeus Krause 1987
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†Baiotomeus douglassi Simpson 1935
†Baiotomeus lamberti Krause 1987
†Baiotomeus rhothonion Scott 2003
†Baiotomeus russelli Scott et al. 2002
G. †Kimbetohia Simpson 1936
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†Kimbetohia campi Simpson 1936
†Kimbetohia mziae Middleton and Dewar 2004
G. †Prochetodon Jepsen 1940
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†Prochetodon cavus Jepsen 1940
†Prochetodon foxi Krause 1987
†Prochetodon speirsae Scott 2004
†Prochetodon taxus Krause 1987
G. †Ptilodus Cope 1881
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†Ptilodus ferronensis Gazin 1941
†Ptilodus fractus Dorr 1952
†Ptilodus gnomus Scott et al. 2002
†Ptilodus kummae Krause 1977
†Ptilodus tsosiensis Sloan 1981
†Ptilodus wyomingensis Jepsen 1940
Invalid names: Chirox Cope 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available