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Hapalodectes dux

Osteichthyes - Acreodi - Hapalodectidae

Taxonomy
Hapalodectes dux was named by Lopatin (2001). Its type specimen is PIN 3104/371, a mandible (Left and right mandibles with most of the teeth), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Tsagan Hushu [Naran Bulak Fm.] [PMPE], which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Hapalodectes dux Lopatin pp. 426-431 figs. 1-2
2017Hapalodectes dux Solé et al.
2018Hapalodectes dux Solé et al. figs. Table 9

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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
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
—Mesonychia
familyHapalodectidae
genusHapalodectes
speciesdux

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.

†Hapalodectes dux Lopatin 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available