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Prodiacodon tauricinerei

Mammalia - Leptictidae

Taxonomy

Diacodon tauricinerei was named by Jepsen (1930).

It was recombined as Palaeictops tauricinerei by Van Valen (1967); it was recombined as Prodiacodon tauricinerei by Novacek (1977), Bown and Schankler (1982), Novacek (1982).

Synonyms

Diacodon pineyensis was named by Gazin (1952). Its type locality is La Barge, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial mudstone in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Palaeictops pineyensis by Van Valen (1967); it was synonymized subjectively with Palaeictops bicuspis by Bown and Schankler (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Prodiacodon tauricinerei by Novacek (1977), Novacek (1982).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1930	Diacodon tauricinerei Jepsen
1952	Diacodon pineyensis Gazin
1967	Palaeictops pineyensis Van Valen
1967	Palaeictops tauricinerei Van Valen
1977	Prodiacodon tauricinerei Novacek
1982	Prodiacodon tauricinerei Bown and Schankler
1982	Prodiacodon tauricinerei Novacek

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Eugnathostomata
—	Teleostomi	(Bonaparte 1836)
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
superorder	Leptictida
family	Leptictidae	Gill 1872
genus	Prodiacodon
species	tauricinerei	()

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.

†Prodiacodon tauricinerei Jepsen 1930

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Invalid names: Diacodon pineyensis Gazin 1952 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

insectivoref

Diet 2:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2011-04-16 19:28:33

Modified:

2011-04-16 04:29:22

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum

References: Carroll 1988, Meehan and Martin 2010, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Wasatchian or 60.90000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections (46 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian	60.9 - 56.2	USA (Wyoming)	Prodiacodon sp. (26569) Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15058 85096 190462)
Clarkforkian	56.2 - 54.9	USA (Wyoming)	Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15085 15107 15159)
Wasatchian	54.9 - 50.5	USA (New Mexico)	Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15453)
Wasatchian	54.9 - 50.5	USA (Colorado)	Palaeictops tauricinerei (15450 15480 15485 15660 15725 15845 15887) Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15222 15225 15353 15391)
Wasatchian	54.9 - 50.5	USA (North Dakota)	Palaeictops tauricinerei (15895)
Wasatchian	54.9 - 50.5	USA (Wyoming)	Palaeictops tauricinerei (15455 15893 15932 16021 16055) Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15491 15493 15504 15505 15507 15510 15512 15514 15515 15516 15518 15520 15522 15531 15534 15544 15548 15555 15573 15577 15586)