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Aepinacodon deflectus

Osteichthyes - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Hyopotamus deflectus was named by Marsh (1890). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Peanut Peak, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota.

It was recombined as Ancodon deflectus by Marsh (1894); it was synonymized subjectively with Ancodon americanus by Scott (1894), Hay (1902), Matthew (1909); it was recombined as Aepinacodon deflectus by Troxell (1921), Hay (1930), Macdonald (1956), Russell (1978), Kron and Manning (1998).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2015-12-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Hyopotamus deflectus Marsh p. 524
1894Ancodon deflectus Marsh
1899Hyopotamus deflectus Matthew
1921Aepinacodon deflectus Troxell p. 337
1930Aepinacodon deflectus Hay
1956Aepinacodon deflectus Macdonald
1978Aepinacodon deflectus Russell
1998Aepinacodon deflectus Kron and Manning

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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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
genusAepinacodon
speciesdeflectus()

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.

Aepinacodon deflectus Marsh 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available