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Polyacrodon
Taxonomy
Polyacrodon was named by Roth (1899). Its type is Polyacrodon ligatus.
It was replaced with Oroacrodon by Ameghino (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Polymorphis by Cifelli (1983).
It was assigned to Placentalia by Roth (1899); and to Proterotheriidae by Simpson (1948) and Carroll (1988).
It was replaced with Oroacrodon by Ameghino (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Polymorphis by Cifelli (1983).
It was assigned to Placentalia by Roth (1899); and to Proterotheriidae by Simpson (1948) and Carroll (1988).
Species
P. lanciformis (syn. Decaconus intricatus), P. ligatus (type species)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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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. †Polyacrodon Roth 1899
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†Polyacrodon ligatus Roth 1899
Invalid names: Decaconus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Oroacrodon Ameghino 1904 [objective synonym], Periacrodon Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 |