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Dicothodon bajaensis

Reptilia - Polyglyphanodontidae

Taxonomy
Polyglyphanodon bajaensis was named by Nydam (1999). Its type specimen is IGM 6965, a tooth (posterior tooth), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is El Rosario, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the El Gallo Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Dicothodon bajaensis by Nydam et al. (2007) and Reynoso and Cruz (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Polyglyphanodon bajaensis Nydam p. 307
2007Dicothodon bajaensis Nydam et al. p. 542
2014Dicothodon bajaensis Reynoso and Cruz p. 61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Scincomorpha()
—PolyglyphanodontiaAlifanov 2000
familyPolyglyphanodontidaeGilmore 1942
—Polyglyphanodontini
genusDicothodon
speciesbajaensis()

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.

†Dicothodon bajaensis Nydam 1999
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Diagnosis
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