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Palaeoscaptor rectus

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoscaptor rectus was named by Matthew and Granger (1924). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 19146, a mandible (with m2, m3). Its type locality is Loh, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Palaeoscaptor rectus Matthew and Granger p. 3

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusPalaeoscaptor
speciesrectus

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.

†Palaeoscaptor rectus Matthew and Granger 1924
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. D. Matthew and W. Granger 1924teeth, so far as shown, similar to those of P. acridens, except for considerably larger size and greater reduction of m3, which has no heel. Lower jaw angle long, flat, projecting backwards in a rahter slender process upturned toward tip.