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Hexacodus

Osteichthyes - Homacodontidae

Taxonomy
Hexacodus was named by Gazin (1952). It is not extant. Its type is Hexacodus pelodes.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sarcolemur by Guthrie (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Protodichobune by Van Valen (1971).

It was assigned to Bunomerycidae by Gentry and Hooker (1988); to Homacodontini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Artiodactyla by Gazin (1952), Krishtalka and Stucky (1986), Carroll (1988), Walsh (2000); and to Homacodontidae by Theodor et al. (2007).

Species
H. pelodes (type species), H. uintensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Hexacodus Gazin
1986Hexacodus Krishtalka and Stucky
1988Hexacodus Carroll
1988Hexacodus Gentry and Hooker
1997Hexacodus McKenna and Bell p. 401
2000Hexacodus Walsh
2007Hexacodus Theodor et al. p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyHomacodontidaeMarsh 1849
genusHexacodus

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. †Hexacodus Gazin 1952
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Hexacodus pelodes Gazin 1952
Hexacodus uintensis Gazin 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:15:06
Modified: 2005-09-02 12:01:58
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Stucky 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Bridgerian or 56.00000 to 45.90000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) H. pelodes (15454 15479 15662 15710) H. pelodes, H. uintensis (15661) H. sp. (15548 15724 27268) H. sp., H. sp. (15842) H. uintensis (15596 15597 186939 186944 186946 186949 186952)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Colorado) H. pelodes (15274 15885)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) H. pelodes (16198) H. sp. (15837)