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Thryptacodon orthogonius

Osteichthyes - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Chriacus orthogonius was named by Russell (1929) [used in combination "Thryptacodon orthogonius" by Fox 1988, 1990]. Its type specimen is UALVP 124, a tooth (isolated left M2), and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Thryptacodon orthogonius by Scott et al. (2002).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Chriacus orthogonius Russell
1956Thryptacodon belli Gazin pp. 29-30 figs. Pl. 6:1, 4
2002Thryptacodon orthogonius Scott et al. p. 695

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusThryptacodon
speciesorthogonius(Russell 1929)

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.

†Thryptacodon orthogonius Russell 1929
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Invalid names: Thryptacodon belli Gazin 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available