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Plesiolestes
Taxonomy
Plesiolestes was named by Jepsen (1930). It is not extant. Its type is Talpohenach torrejonius.
It was synonymized subjectively with Palaechthon by Krishtalka and Schwartz (1978), Rigby (1980), Hartman (1986).
It was assigned to Paromomyinae by Simpson (1940); to Purgatoriinae by Van Valen and Sloan (1965); to Palaechthonini by Szalay (1969); to Plesiolestinae by Gunnell (1989); and to Palaechthonidae by Jepsen (1930), McKenna and Bell (1997), Scott et al. (2013).
It was synonymized subjectively with Palaechthon by Krishtalka and Schwartz (1978), Rigby (1980), Hartman (1986).
It was assigned to Paromomyinae by Simpson (1940); to Purgatoriinae by Van Valen and Sloan (1965); to Palaechthonini by Szalay (1969); to Plesiolestinae by Gunnell (1989); and to Palaechthonidae by Jepsen (1930), McKenna and Bell (1997), Scott et al. (2013).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1930 | Plesiolestes Jepsen |
| 1940 | Plesiolestes Simpson p. 198 |
| 1965 | Plesiolestes Van Valen and Sloan p. 743 |
| 1968 | Torrejonia Gazin pp. 629-630 |
| 1969 | Torrejonia Gazin p. 6 |
| 1969 | Plesiolestes Szalay |
| 1973 | Torrejonia Bown and Gingerich |
| 1977 | Torrejonia Kay and Cartmill |
| 1989 | Plesiolestes Gunnell p. 21 |
| 1989 | Torrejonia Gunnell p. 21 |
| 1997 | Plesiolestes McKenna and Bell |
| 1997 | Torrejonia McKenna and Bell |
| 2013 | Plesiolestes Scott et al. |
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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. †Plesiolestes Jepsen 1930
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†Plesiolestes nacimienti Wilson and Szalay 1972
†Plesiolestes problematicus Jepsen 1930
Invalid names: Torrejonia Gazin 1968 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available