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Pinheirodon pygmaeus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Pinheirodontidae

Taxonomy
Pinheirodon pygmaeus was named by Hahn and Hahn (1999). Its type specimen is PP MULT 47 (holotype), and paratypes, a tooth (left m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Porto Pinheiro, Lourinha, which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay marl/mudstone in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal. It is the type species of Pinheirodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Pinheirodon pygmaeus Hahn and Hahn
2004Pinheirodon pygmaeus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 312

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderPlagiaulacida(Ameghino 1889)
familyPinheirodontidae
genusPinheirodon
speciespygmaeus

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.

†Pinheirodon pygmaeus Hahn and Hahn 1999
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Diagnosis
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