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Plagiaulax
Taxonomy
Plagiaulax was named by Falconer (1857). Its type is Plagiaulax becklesii. It is the type genus of Plagiaulacoidea, Plagiaulacidae, Plagiaulacinae.
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Owen (1859); to Marsupialia by Owen (1871); to Allotheria by Marsh (1889); to Plagiaulacinae by Hay (1902); and to Plagiaulacidae by Marsh (1879), Marsh (1880), Marsh (1887), Lydekker (1894), Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Hahn (1971), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Owen (1859); to Marsupialia by Owen (1871); to Allotheria by Marsh (1889); to Plagiaulacinae by Hay (1902); and to Plagiaulacidae by Marsh (1879), Marsh (1880), Marsh (1887), Lydekker (1894), Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Hahn (1971), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Species
P. becklesii (syn. P. medius) (type species)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2024-03-28
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1857 | Plagiaulax Falconer |
| 1859 | Plagiaulax Owen p. 161 |
| 1871 | Plagiaulax Owen pp. 75, 115 |
| 1879 | Plagiaulax Marsh p. 397 |
| 1880 | Plagiaulax Marsh p. 239 |
| 1887 | Plagiaulax Marsh p. 329 |
| 1889 | Plagiaulax Marsh |
| 1894 | Plagiaulax Lydekker p. 284 |
| 1902 | Plagiaulax Hay p. 558 |
| 1928 | Plagiaulax Simpson p. 32 |
| 1929 | Plagiaulax Simpson p. 11 |
| 1930 | Plagiaulax Hay p. 377 |
| 1971 | Plagiaulax Hahn p. 35 |
| 1979 | Plagiaulax Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101 |
| 1997 | Plagiaulax McKenna and Bell |
| 2001 | Plagiaulax Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 414 |
| 2004 | Plagiaulax Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 316 fig. 8.35C |
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G. †Plagiaulax Falconer 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available