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Palaeictops

Osteichthyes - Leptictidae

Taxonomy
Palaeictops was named by Matthew (1899). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Diacodon by Matthew (1918), Hay (1930), Matthew (1937).

It was assigned to Leptictidae by Matthew (1899), Hay (1902), Gazin (1956), Novacek (1977), McKenna and Bell (1997), Hooker (2013); and to Leptictinae by Van Valen (1967), Velazco and Novacek (2016).

Species
P. altimontis, P. bicuspis, P. borealis, P. bridgeri, P. matthewi, P. robustus, Parictops multicuspis
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2024-03-29

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Palaeictops Matthew
1902Palaeictops Hay p. 739
1910Parictops Granger
1917Palaeictidops Winge
1930Parictops Hay p. 432
1956Palaeictops Gazin
1967Palaeictops Van Valen
1977Palaeictops Novacek
1997Palaeictops McKenna and Bell
2013Palaeictops Hooker
2016Palaeictops Velazco and Novacek p. 4

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
superorderLeptictida
familyLeptictidaeGill 1872
genusPalaeictopsMatthew 1899

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. †Palaeictops Matthew 1899
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†Palaeictops altimontis Velazco and Novacek 2016
†Palaeictops bicuspis Cope 1880
†Palaeictops borealis Russell 1965
†Palaeictops bridgeri Simpson 1959
†Palaeictops matthewi Novacek 1977
†Palaeictops robustus Velazco and Novacek 2016
Invalid names: Palaeictidops Winge 1917 [synonym], Parictops Granger 1910 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available