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Palaeictops matthewi

Osteichthyes - Leptictidae

Taxonomy
Palaeictops matthewi was named by Novacek (1977). Its type locality is Exposure Near Top of Buzzard Pass, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado.

It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeictops multicuspis by Bown and Schankler (1982).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Palaeictops matthewi Novacek
2016Palaeictops matthewi Velazco and Novacek p. 4

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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
familyLeptictidaeGill 1872
genusPalaeictopsMatthew 1899
speciesmatthewi

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.

†Palaeictops matthewi Novacek 1977
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Diagnosis
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