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Creodonta (creodont)
Taxonomy
Creodonta was named by Cope (1875).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Creodonta by Cope (1889), Cope (1891), Gregory (1910); it was reranked as the order Creodonta by McKenna (1975), Carroll (1988), Gunnell (1998), Lopatin (2006), Spaulding et al. (2009), Bajpai et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Insectivora by Cope (1875); to Bunotheria by Cope (1889), Cope (1891); to Sarcobora by Ameghino (1897); to Ferae by Hay (1902), Gregory (1910); to Carnivora by Flower and Lydekker (1891), Gadow (1898), Lambe (1908), Hay (1930), Pilgrim (1940), Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958), Savage (1965); to Eutheria by Carroll (1988), Gunnell (1998); to Ferae by Lopatin (2006); to Ferae by McKenna (1975), Spaulding et al. (2009); and to Mammalia by Bajpai et al. (2009).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Creodonta by Cope (1889), Cope (1891), Gregory (1910); it was reranked as the order Creodonta by McKenna (1975), Carroll (1988), Gunnell (1998), Lopatin (2006), Spaulding et al. (2009), Bajpai et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Insectivora by Cope (1875); to Bunotheria by Cope (1889), Cope (1891); to Sarcobora by Ameghino (1897); to Ferae by Hay (1902), Gregory (1910); to Carnivora by Flower and Lydekker (1891), Gadow (1898), Lambe (1908), Hay (1930), Pilgrim (1940), Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958), Savage (1965); to Eutheria by Carroll (1988), Gunnell (1998); to Ferae by Lopatin (2006); to Ferae by McKenna (1975), Spaulding et al. (2009); and to Mammalia by Bajpai et al. (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1875 | Creodonta Cope p. 3 |
| 1889 | Creodonta Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Creodonta Cope p. 6 |
| 1891 | Creodonta Flower and Lydekker p. 91 |
| 1897 | Creodonta Ameghino p. 501 |
| 1898 | Creodonta Gadow p. 50 |
| 1902 | Creodonta Hay p. 743 |
| 1908 | Creodonta Lambe |
| 1910 | Creodonta Gregory p. 465 |
| 1930 | Creodonta Hay p. 458 |
| 1940 | Creodonta Pilgrim p. 148 |
| 1958 | Creodonta Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg p. 11 |
| 1965 | Creodonta Savage p. 243 |
| 1975 | Creodonta McKenna p. 42 |
| 1988 | Creodonta Carroll |
| 1998 | Creodonta Gunnell |
| 2006 | Creodonta Lopatin |
| 2009 | Creodonta Bajpai et al. p. 103 |
| 2009 | Creodonta Spaulding et al. p. 5 figs. Figure 2 |
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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.
Or. †Creodonta Cope 1875 [creodont]
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Invalid names: Ambloctonidae Cope 1877 [empty], Amblyctonidae Cope 1877 [empty], Arctocyonoidae Trouessart 1885 [empty], Hyaenodontida Leidy 1869 [empty], Limnocyonidae [empty], Oxyaenoidae Cope 1877 [empty], Uintacyonidae Hay 1902 [empty]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. J. G. Savage 1965 | Creodonta with teeth primitive, tritubercular, varying towards sectorial or bunodont. No carnassials or specialised shearing teeth. Premolars mostly simple, acute, an inner cusp on P4 sometimes on P3 and P4 canines large,
acute, incisors small. Skull moderately long, brain-case small, sagittal and occipital crestsstrong,occiputnarrowandhigh,tympanicbullanotossified, [afterMatthew 1937]- |