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Pentacodon inversus

Mammalia - Pantolestidae

Taxonomy
Chriacus inversus was named by Cope (1888). It is the type species of Pentacodon.

It was recombined as Pentacodon inversus by Scott (1892), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Matthew (1937), Williamson and Lucas (1993), Williamson (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Chriacus inversus Cope p. 342
1892Pentacodon inversus Scott p. 296
1902Pentacodon inversus Hay p. 745
1930Pentacodon inversus Hay p. 425
1937Pentacodon inversus Matthew
1993Pentacodon inversus Williamson and Lucas
1996Pentacodon inversus Williamson

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyPantolestoidae(Cope 1887)
familyPantolestidaeCope 1884
genusPentacodon
speciesinversus()

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.

†Pentacodon inversus Cope 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: durophagef
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:16:47
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:16:47
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Pentacodon inversus (14815 14832 14865 14873)