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Glaucodon

Osteichthyes - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae

Taxonomy
Glaucodon was named by Stirton (1957). It is not extant. Its type is Glaucodon ballaratensis.

It was assigned to Dasyuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
G. ballaratensis (type species)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Garcia Selles on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Glaucodon Stirton
1997Glaucodon McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
superorderEometatheriaSimpson 1970
orderDasyuromorphiaGill 1872
suborderDasyuroideaGoldfuss 1820
familyDasyuridaeGoldfuss 1820
genusGlaucodonStirton 1957

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. †Glaucodon Stirton 1957
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†Glaucodon ballaratensis Stirton 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available