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Triconodon mordax
Taxonomy
Triconodon mordax was named by Owen (1859). Its type specimen is BMNH 47764, a mandible (left mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Triconodon.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1859 | Triconodon mordax Owen p. 161 fig. 86 |
| 1871 | Triconodon minor Owen figs. pl. 4, fig. 6 |
| 1871 | Triacanthodon serrula Owen p. 72 figs. Pl. 4, figs 7-8 |
| 1902 | Triconodon mordax Hay p. 567 |
| 1928 | Triconodon mordax Simpson p. 77 figs. Pl. 4, figs 2-5; pl. 5, figs 1-5; text-figs 24-26, 30c |
| 1930 | Triconodon mordax Hay p. 369 |
| 1979 | Triconodon mordax Jenkins and Crompton p. 75 |
| 2004 | Triconodon mordax Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 245 |
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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.
†Triconodon mordax Owen 1859
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Invalid names: Triacanthodon serrula Owen 1871 [synonym], Triconodon minor Owen 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available