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Prodiacodon

Osteichthyes - Leptictidae

Taxonomy
Prodiacodon was named by Matthew (1929).

It was assigned to Leptictinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Leptictidae by Matthew (1929), McKenna and Bell (1997), Clemens (2015).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2024-03-29

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Palaeolestes Matthew and Granger
1929Prodiacodon Matthew
1967Prodiacodon Van Valen
1997Prodiacodon McKenna and Bell
2015Prodiacodon Clemens

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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
genusProdiacodon

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. †Prodiacodon Matthew 1929
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Invalid names: Diacodon pearcei Gazin 1956 [synonym]
Prodiacodon crustulum Novacek 1977
Prodiacodon furor Novacek 1977
Prodiacodon paucus Secord 2008
Prodiacodon tauricinerei Jepsen 1930
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Invalid names: Diacodon pineyensis Gazin 1952 [synonym]
Invalid names: Palaeolestes Matthew and Granger 1918 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available