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Palaeoctodon

Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoctodon was named by Rovereto (1914). Its type is Palaeoctodon simplicidens.

It was assigned to Octodontidae by Montalvo and Casadio (1988).

Species
P. simplicidens (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Palaeoctodon Rovereto p. 221 figs. Fig. 90
1988Palaeoctodon Montalvo and Casadio p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyOctodontoideaWaterhouse 1839
familyOctodontidaeWaterhouse 1839
genusPalaeoctodon

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. †Palaeoctodon Rovereto 1914
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†Palaeoctodon simplicidens Rovereto 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available