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Gypsonictops hypoconus

Osteichthyes - Gypsonictopidae

Taxonomy
Gypsonictops hypoconus was named by Simpson (1927). Its type specimen is YPM 13662, a tooth (upper molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Peterson's Quarry, which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Gypsonictops.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Gypsonictops hypoconus Simpson p. 6
1929Euangelistes petersoni Simpson
1929Gypsonictops hypoconus Simpson pp. 137-138
1930Gypsonictops hypoconus Hay p. 432
1954Euangelistes petersoni Wood and Ormsbee p. 30
1954Gypsonictops hypoconus Wood and Ormsbee p. 30
1965Gypsonictops petersoni Sloan and Van Valen p. 221
1973Gypsonictops hypoconus Clemens
1976Gypsonictops petersoni Sloan
1979Gypsonictops hypoconus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
1984Gypsonictops petersoni Archibald and Clemens
2004Gypsonictops hypoconus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 506

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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
familyGypsonictopidaeVan Valen 1967
genusGypsonictops
specieshypoconus

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.

†Gypsonictops hypoconus Simpson 1927
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Invalid names: Euangelistes petersoni Simpson 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available