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Centetodon

Mammalia - Geolabididae

Taxonomy

Centetodon was named by Marsh (1872). Its type is Centetodon pulcher.

It was assigned to Leptictidae by Hay (1902); to Nyctitheriidae by Hay (1930); to Geolabidinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Geolabididae by Marsh (1872), McKenna and Bell (1997), Asher et al. (2005), Lopatin (2006), Gunnell et al. (2008), Lofgren et al. (2020) and Korth et al. (2022).

Species

C. altidens (syn. Didelphodus ventanus), C. aztecus, C. bacchanalis, C. bembicophagus, C. chadronensis, C. divaricatus, C. hendryi, C. kuenzii, C. magnus, C. marginalis (syn. Embassis alternans, Metacodon mellingeri), C. neashami, C. patratus, C. pulcher (syn. Hypacodon praecursor) (type species), C. wolffi

Synonyms

Protictops was named by Peterson (1934).

It was synonymized subjectively with Geolabis by Van Valen (1967); it was considered a nomen dubium by Lillegraven et al. (1981); it was synonymized subjectively with Centetodon by Lopatin (2006).

It was assigned to Geolabididae by Peterson (1934) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Embassis was named by Cope (1873).

It was synonymized subjectively with Peratherium by Cope (1884) and Scott (1941); it was synonymized subjectively with Didelphis by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Centetodon by Lillegraven et al. (1981), Asher et al. (2005) and Lopatin (2006).

It was assigned to Geolabidinae by Van Valen (1967).
Hypacodon was named by McKenna (1960).

It was synonymized subjectively with Centetodon by McKenna et al. (1962), Van Valen (1967), Robinson (1968), Gazin (1976), Lillegraven et al. (1981), Asher et al. (2005) and Lopatin (2006).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1872	Centetodon Marsh
1873	Embassis Cope
1902	Centetodon Hay p. 740
1930	Centetodon Hay p. 435
1934	Protictops Peterson
1960	Hypacodon McKenna
1967	Centetodon Van Valen
1967	Embassis Van Valen
1997	Centetodon McKenna and Bell
1997	Protictops McKenna and Bell
2005	Centetodon Asher et al. p. 911
2006	Centetodon Lopatin
2008	Centetodon Gunnell et al.
2020	Centetodon Lofgren et al.
2022	Centetodon Korth et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Eulipotyphla
suborder	Soricomorpha	Gregory 1910
family	Geolabididae	McKenna 1960
genus	Centetodon

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. †Centetodon Marsh 1872

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†Centetodon altidens Marsh 1872

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Invalid names: Didelphodus ventanus White 1952 [synonym]

†Centetodon aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981

†Centetodon bacchanalis McGrew et al. 1959

†Centetodon bembicophagus Lillegraven et al. 1981

†Centetodon chadronensis Lillegraven et al. 1981

†Centetodon divaricatus Korth 1992

†Centetodon hendryi Lillegraven et al. 1981

†Centetodon kuenzii Lillegraven et al. 1981