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Alticonodon
Taxonomy
Alticonodon was named by Fox (1969). It is not extant. Its type is Alticonodon lindoei. It is the type genus of Alticonodontinae.
It was assigned to Triconodontidae by Fox (1969), Jenkins and Crompton (1979), Rasmussen and Callison (1981), Carroll (1988), Cifelli et al. (1998) and Gao et al. (2010); and to Alticonodontinae by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004) and Gaetano and Rougier (2011).
It was assigned to Triconodontidae by Fox (1969), Jenkins and Crompton (1979), Rasmussen and Callison (1981), Carroll (1988), Cifelli et al. (1998) and Gao et al. (2010); and to Alticonodontinae by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004) and Gaetano and Rougier (2011).
Species
A. lindoei (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Alticonodon Fox |
| 1979 | Alticonodon Jenkins and Crompton p. 75 |
| 1981 | Alticonodon Rasmussen and Callison p. 629 |
| 1988 | Alticonodon Carroll |
| 1998 | Alticonodon Cifelli et al. p. 239 |
| 2004 | Alticonodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 247 fig. 7.16D |
| 2010 | Alticonodon Gao et al. |
| 2011 | Alticonodon Gaetano and Rougier p. 839 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | A. lindoei (14423 14425) |