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Sinoconodon rigneyi

Taxonomy
Sinoconodon rigneyi was named by Patterson and Olson (1961). Its type specimen is FMNH CUP 1, a partial skull (Anterior part of skull and lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tati, Lufeng (CUP), which is in a Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Lufeng Formation of China. It is the type species of Sinoconodon.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Sinoconodon rigneyi Patterson and Olson
1979Sinoconodon rigneyi Jenkins and Crompton p. 75
1982Sinoconodon parringtoni Young p. 21 figs. 1-3; Pl. 1
1982Lufengoconodon changchiawaensis Young p. 23 figs. 5-6; Pl. 2
1983Sinoconodon yangi Zhang and Cui
1985Sinoconodon changchiawaensis Crompton and Sun
2004Sinoconodon rigneyi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 165, 168

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
genusSinoconodon
speciesrigneyi

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.

†Sinoconodon rigneyi Patterson and Olson 1961
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Invalid names: Lufengoconodon changchiawaensis Young 1982 [synonym], Sinoconodon parringtoni Young 1982 [synonym], Sinoconodon yangi Zhang and Cui 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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