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Ptilodus
Taxonomy
Ptilodus was named by Cope (1881). It is not extant. Its type is Ptilodus mediaevus. It is the type genus of Ptilodontidae.
It was assigned to Plagiaulacinae by Hay (1902); and to Ptilodontidae by Cope (1881), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Gazin (1969), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Scott et al. (2002) and Scott et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Plagiaulacinae by Hay (1902); and to Ptilodontidae by Cope (1881), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Gazin (1969), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Scott et al. (2002) and Scott et al. (2013).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1881 | Ptilodus Cope |
| 1884 | Chirox Cope p. 321–322 |
| 1902 | Chirox Hay p. 557 |
| 1902 | Ptilodus Hay p. 559 |
| 1929 | Ptilodus Simpson p. 11 |
| 1930 | Ptilodus Hay p. 379 |
| 1969 | Ptilodus Gazin p. 3 |
| 1997 | Ptilodus McKenna and Bell |
| 2001 | Ptilodus Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 418 |
| 2002 | Ptilodus Scott et al. p. 692 |
| 2013 | Ptilodus Scott et al. |
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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.
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