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Octacodon

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Octacodon was named by Marsh (1894). Its type is Octacodon valens.

It was synonymized subjectively with Heptacodon by Macdonald (1956), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kron and Manning (1998).

It was assigned to Anthracotheriinae by Hay (1902); and to Bothriodontinae by Scott (1940).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Octacodon Marsh p. 92 fig. 1
1902Octacodon Hay p. 652
1940Octacodon Scott p. 443

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

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. †Octacodon Marsh 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available