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Trioracodon oweni

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Taxonomy
Trioracodon oweni was named by Simpson (1928). Its type specimen is BMNH 47766, a mandible (righjt 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Trioracodon oweni Simpson
1979Trioracodon oweni Jenkins and Crompton p. 75
2004Trioracodon oweni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 246

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyTriconodontidaeMarsh 1887
genusTrioracodon
speciesoweniSimpson 1928

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.

Trioracodon oweni Simpson 1928
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Diagnosis
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