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Paraorthacodus
Taxonomy
Paraorthacodus was named by Glikman (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: J Aale T Than Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is the type genus of Paraorthacodontidae.
It was assigned to Orthacodidae by Glikman (1957); to Galeomorphii by Sepkoski (2002); to Paraorthacodontidae by Guinot et al. (2013), Guinot et al. (2014), Cappetta et al. (2019), Hoganson et al. (2019), Stumpf and Kriwet (2019); and to Palaeospinacidae by Duffin and Ward (1993), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Siverson (1997), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Rees (2000), Klug (2008), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Orthacodidae by Glikman (1957); to Galeomorphii by Sepkoski (2002); to Paraorthacodontidae by Guinot et al. (2013), Guinot et al. (2014), Cappetta et al. (2019), Hoganson et al. (2019), Stumpf and Kriwet (2019); and to Palaeospinacidae by Duffin and Ward (1993), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Siverson (1997), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Rees (2000), Klug (2008), van der Laan (2019).
Species
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-12-21
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1957 | Paraorthacodus Glikman p. 115 |
| 1993 | Paraorthacodus Cvancara and Hoganson p. 10 |
| 1993 | Paraorthacodus Duffin and Ward p. 58 |
| 1997 | Paraorthacodus Siverson p. 457 |
| 1999 | Paraorthacodus Underwood and Mitchell |
| 2000 | Paraorthacodus Rees p. 416 |
| 2002 | Paraorthacodus Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Paraorthacodus Klug p. 231 |
| 2013 | Paraorthacodus Guinot et al. p. 595 |
| 2014 | Paraorthacodus Guinot et al. p. 63 |
| 2019 | Paraorthacodus Cappetta et al. p. 1140 |
| 2019 | Paraorthacodus Hoganson et al. p. 14 |
| 2019 | Paraorthacodus Stumpf and Kriwet p. 645 |
| 2019 | Paraorthacodus van der Laan p. 41 |
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G. †Paraorthacodus Glikman 1957
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†Paraorthacodus arduennae Delsate 2001
†Paraorthacodus conicus Davis 1890
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Invalid names: Paraorthacodus nerviensis Leriche 1929 [synonym]
†Paraorthacodus eocaenus Leriche 1902
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Invalid names: Paraorthacodus turgaicus Glikman 1964 [synonym]
†Paraorthacodus hesbayensis Casier 1943
†Paraorthacodus jurensis Schweizer 1964
†Paraorthacodus kruckowi Thies 1983
†Paraorthacodus recurvus Trautschold 1877
†Paraorthacodus rossi Cappetta et al. 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available