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Xenacodon
Taxonomy
Xenacodon was named by Matthew and Granger (1921). It is not extant. Its type is Xenacodon mutilatus.
It was assigned to Leptictinae by Hay (1930); to Creotarsinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Leptictidae by Matthew and Granger (1921) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Leptictinae by Hay (1930); to Creotarsinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Leptictidae by Matthew and Granger (1921) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
X. mutilatus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1921 | Xenacodon Matthew and Granger |
| 1930 | Xenacodon Hay p. 432 |
| 1967 | Xenacodon Van Valen |
| 1997 | Xenacodon McKenna and Bell |
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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. †Xenacodon Matthew and Granger 1921
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†Xenacodon mutilatus Matthew and Granger 1921
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Meehan and Martin 2010, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||