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Adunator ladae

Mammalia - Macroscelidea

Taxonomy
Leptacodon ladae was named by Simpson (1935). Its type locality is Gidley Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Mckennatherium ladae by Krishtalka (1976) and Krishtalka (1976); it was recombined as Adunator ladae by Winterfeld (1982) and Hartman (1986).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Leptacodon ladae Simpson
1965Mckennatherium libitum Van Valen p. 435 fig. 1
1969Leptacodon ladae Gazin p. 4
1976Mckennatherium ladae Krishtalka
1982Adunator ladae Winterfeld
1986Adunator ladae Hartman

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
genusAdunatorRussell 1964
speciesladae()

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.

Adunator ladae Simpson 1935
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Invalid names: Mckennatherium libitum Van Valen 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available