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Docodon
Taxonomy
Docodon was named by Marsh (1881). Its type is Docodon striatus.
It was assigned to Diplocynodontidae by Marsh (1887); to Amphitheriidae by Hay (1902); to Dicrocynodontidae by Simpson (1927), Hay (1930); to Docodonta by Engelmann and Callison (1998); and to Docodontidae by Simpson (1929), Kron (1979), Carroll (1988), Martin and Foster (1998), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Pfretzschner et al. (2005), Foster et al. (2006), Averianov et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Diplocynodontidae by Marsh (1887); to Amphitheriidae by Hay (1902); to Dicrocynodontidae by Simpson (1927), Hay (1930); to Docodonta by Engelmann and Callison (1998); and to Docodontidae by Simpson (1929), Kron (1979), Carroll (1988), Martin and Foster (1998), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Pfretzschner et al. (2005), Foster et al. (2006), Averianov et al. (2010).
Species
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by R. Benson on 2013-10-27
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1881 | Docodon Marsh p. 512 |
| 1887 | Docodon Marsh p. 339 |
| 1890 | Diacynodon Schlosser |
| 1902 | Docodon Hay p. 568 |
| 1927 | Docodon Simpson p. 415 |
| 1929 | Docodon Simpson pp. 48, 86-97 |
| 1930 | Docodon Hay p. 375 |
| 1979 | Docodon Kron p. 91 |
| 1988 | Docodon Carroll |
| 1998 | Docodon Engelmann and Callison p. 361 |
| 1998 | Docodon Martin and Foster p. 388 |
| 2004 | Docodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 196-197 fig. 5.7A |
| 2005 | Docodon Pfretzschner et al. |
| 2006 | Docodon Foster et al. |
| 2010 | Docodon Averianov et al. p. 126 |
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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.
G. †Docodon Marsh 1881
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†Docodon apoxys Rougier et al. 2014
†Docodon striatus Marsh 1881
†Docodon superus Simpson 1929
†Docodon victor Marsh 1880
Invalid names: Diacynodon Schlosser 1890 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | D. apoxys, Mammalia indet. (49636) D. sp., D. victor (56165) D. striatus, Diplocynodon victor, D. superus (12816) D. victor (39428 39431) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | D. sp. (28366) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | D. sp. (56654) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | D. victor (39426) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | D. sp., D. apoxys (48161) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Utah) | D. sp. (22711) |