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Sarcodontidae
Taxonomy
Sarcodontinae was named by Lopatin and Kondrashov (2004).
It was reranked as the family Sarcodontidae by Missiaen and Smith (2008).
It was assigned to Micropternodontidae by Lopatin and Kondrashov (2004), Lopatin (2006); and to Cimolesta by Missiaen and Smith (2008).
It was reranked as the family Sarcodontidae by Missiaen and Smith (2008).
It was assigned to Micropternodontidae by Lopatin and Kondrashov (2004), Lopatin (2006); and to Cimolesta by Missiaen and Smith (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Sarcodontinae Lopatin and Kondrashov |
| 2006 | Sarcodontinae Lopatin |
| 2008 | Sarcodontidae Missiaen and Smith |
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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.
Fm. †Sarcodontidae Lopatin and Kondrashov 2004
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G. †Carnilestes Wang and Zhai 1995
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†Carnilestes major Wang and Zhai 1995
†Carnilestes palaeoasiaticus Wang and Zhai 1995
G. †Metasarcodon Lopatin and Kondrashov 2004
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†Metasarcodon reshetovi Lopatin and Kondrashov 2004
†Metasarcodon udovichenkoi Averianov 1994
G. †Prosarcodon McKenna et al. 1984
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†Prosarcodon lonanensis McKenna et al. 1984
†Prosarcodon maturus Lopatin and Kondrashov 2004
†Prosarcodon minutus Lopatin and Kondrashov 2004
G. †Sarcodon Matthew and Granger 1925
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†Sarcodon minor Meng et al. 1998
†Sarcodon pygmaeus Matthew and Granger 1925
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Invalid names: Opisthopsalis vetus Matthew et al. 1929 [synonym]
†Sarcodon zhaii Huang 2003
Invalid names: Opisthopsalis Matthew et al. 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. V. Lopatin and P. E. Kondrashov 2004 | Differs from the Micropternodontinae ... in lacking the M3/3 and in the absence of the hypoconal shelf on the P4 and M2. |
Measurements
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Middle Eocene or 66.00000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Paleocene | China (Shaanxi) | Prosarcodon lonanensis (132651) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | China (Guangdong) | Carnilestes major (132961) Carnilestes palaeoasiaticus (132957 132958 132959 132960) | |
| Middle Paleocene | China (Anhui) | Hyracolestes ermineus (132939) | |
| Gashatan | China (Nei Mongol) | Hyracolestes ermineus (71076) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Sarcodon pygmaeus, Sarcodon minor, Hyracolestes ermineus (133389) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Sarcodon pygmaeus, Hyracolestes ermineus (37008) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Anhui) | Sarcodon zhaii (133426) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Mongolia (Omngov) | Sarcodon pygmaeus, Hyracolestes ermineus, Opisthopsalis vetus (133403) Sarcodontidae indet. (133008) | |
| Bumbanian | Mongolia (Southern Mongolia) | Prosarcodon maturus (37206) | |
| Ypresian | France (Marne) | Hyracolestes sp. (35533 35535) | |
| Ypresian | Kyrgyzstan (Osh) | Sarcodon udovichenkoi (28490) | |
| Middle Eocene | Mongolia (Ovorhangai) | Metasarcodon reshetovi (93596) |