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Entomodon

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Entomodon was named by Marsh (1872). Its type is Entomodon comptus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Thinocyon by Van Valen (1967).

It was assigned to Leptictidae by Hay (1902); and to Talpidae by Hay (1930).

Species
E. comptus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Entomodon Marsh p. 214
1902Entomodon Hay p. 740
1930Entomodon Hay p. 439

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyTalpidae(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
genusEntomodon

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. †Entomodon Marsh 1872
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†Entomodon comptus Marsh 1872
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available