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Militocodon
Taxonomy
Militocodon was named by Weaver et al. (2024). Its type is Militocodon lydae.
It was assigned to Conacodontinae by Weaver et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Conacodontinae by Weaver et al. (2024).
Species
M. lydae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Militocodon Weaver et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. N. Weaver et al. 2024 | Resembling the Conacodontinae (sensu Archibald et al. 1983b) in: M1–3 hypocone large and lin-
gually expanded; protocone absent on P3. Resembling Oxyacodon (sensu Archibald et al. 1983a) in: premolars slightly inflated but P/p4 shorter or subequal in length to M/m1; para and metastylar lobes on M1–3 more buccally expanded than in Alticonus, Ampliconus, Miniconus, Tinuviel, Anisonchus, Conacodon, Haploconus, and Hemithlaeus; metacingulum continuous with metastylar region; paraconule absent with postparaconule wing meeting preprotocrista near apex of protocone; hypocone expanded lingually beyond the protocone; paraconid on p4 small, situated near the base of the crown; narrow buccal cingulid present on lower molars and lingual cingulid absent on lower premolars and molars. Differing from Oxyacodon in: greater expansion of para- and metastylar lobes on P4, with the former also projecting farther mesially; hypocone lingual face more vertically oriented on M2–3, not sloping prominently lingually; hypocone apex distinctly distal to protocone apex, especially on M2, resulting in a more rectangular (rather than triangular) occlusal outline; paraconid on m1–3 not closely appressed to metaconid, resulting in a mesiolingually open trigonid basin; trigonid taller relative to talonid, due in part to a taller protoconid. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988 | |||||