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Plagioctenodon
Taxonomy
Plagioctenodon was named by Bown (1979). It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Leptacodon by Smith (1996).
It was assigned to Nyctitheriidae by Bown (1979), Carroll (1988), Gunnell et al. (2008); and to Nyctitheriinae by Beard and Dawson (2009).
It was synonymized subjectively with Leptacodon by Smith (1996).
It was assigned to Nyctitheriidae by Bown (1979), Carroll (1988), Gunnell et al. (2008); and to Nyctitheriinae by Beard and Dawson (2009).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Plagioctenodon Bown |
| 1988 | Plagioctenodon Carroll |
| 2008 | Plagioctenodon Gunnell et al. |
| 2009 | Plagioctenodon Beard and Dawson |
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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. †Plagioctenodon Bown 1979
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†Plagioctenodon dawsonae Jones and Beard 2023
†Plagioctenodon dormaalensis Quinet 1964
†Plagioctenodon goliath Jones and Beard 2023
†Plagioctenodon krausae Bown 1979
†Plagioctenodon rosei Gingerich 1987
†Plagioctenodon savagei Bown and Schankler 1982
†Plagioctenodon thewisseni Manz and Bloch 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hooker 2001, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Wasatchian or 59.24000 to 51.10000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | P. sp. (26569) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Leptacodon rosei (80579) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | Leptacodon rosei (15132) Leptacodon rosei, P. thewisseni (15119) P. dawsonae, P. goliath (239208) P. krausae (15089) P. krausae, Leptacodon packi (15085) P. rosei, P. dawsonae, P. goliath (15072) P. sp. (15216) P. thewisseni (15152 68476) | |
| Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | P. sp. (15915) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Mississippi) | Leptacodon sp. (15719) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | P. krausae (15491 15493 15504) P. savagei (15458 15510) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Leptacodon rosei, P. krausae (15081) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | P. dormaalensis (174239) | |
| Ypresian | Belgium (Brabant) | Leptacodon dormaalensis (35531) |