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Protodonta (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Protodonta was named by Osborn (1888).

It was reranked as the suborder Protodonta by Gadow (1898) and Kuhn (1946); it was reranked as the suborder Protodonti by Jaekel (1911).

It was assigned to Polyprotodontia by Gadow (1898); to Haplodonti by Jaekel (1911); to Prototheria by Cope (1889), Hay (1902) and Hay (1930); to Theromorpha by Kuhn (1946); and to Promammalia by Gregory (1910) and Riek and Kukalová-Peck (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Protodonta Osborn p. 876
1889Protodonta Cope p. 874
1898Protodonta Gadow p. 40
1902Protodonta Hay p. 555
1910Protodonta Gregory p. 464
1911Protodonti Jaekel p. 205
1930Protodonta Hay p. 367
1946Protodonta Kuhn p. 57
1984Protodonta Riek and Kukalová-Peck

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassTheromorpha()
suborderProtodonta(Osborn 1888)
suborderProtodonta(Osborn 1888)

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.

Subor. †Protodonta Osborn 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available