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Allopterodon

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Allopterodon was named by Ginsburg (1978) [in: Ginsburg, Arques, de Broin, le Calvez, Mouton, Obert, Prive-Gill & Roucan (1978)]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hyaenodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Proviverrinae by Peigné et al. (2007), Solé (2013), Solé et al. (2014) and Solé and Mennecart (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Allopterodon Ginsburg
1984Hurzelerius Lange-Badré
1997Allopterodon McKenna and Bell
2007Allopterodon Peigné et al. p. 453
2013Allopterodon Solé
2014Allopterodon Solé et al.
2019Allopterodon Solé and Mennecart

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
subfamilyProviverrinaeSchlosser 1886
genusAllopterodonGinsburg 1978

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. †Allopterodon Ginsburg 1978
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Allopterodon bulbosus Lange-Badré 1979
Allopterodon minor Lange-Badré 1979
Allopterodon torvidus Van Valen 1965
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Invalid names: Prodissopsalis phonax Van Valen 1965 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hurzelerius Lange-Badré 1984 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) A. torvidus (182806) Prototomus torvidus (31719)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) A. minor (39014)