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Thlaeodon padanicus

Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

Taxonomy
Thlaeodon padanicus was named by Cope (1892). Its type specimen is AMNH 3013, a partial skeleton (part of left mandible with M?3, P3, and roots of P2, and associated fragments of left maxilla with P3 and broken M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Thlaeodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Thlaeodon padanicus Cope p. 759 figs. pl. 22
1902Thlaeodon padanicus Hay p. 565
1927Thlaeodon padanicus Simpson p. 122
1929Thlaeodon padanicus Simpson pp. 124-125 fig. 47

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
orderProteutheria
familyPalaeoryctidaeWinge 1917
subfamilyDidelphodontinae
genusThlaeodon
speciespadanicus

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.

Thlaeodon padanicus Cope 1892
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. D. Cope 1892Dental formula, I. 9; C ?; P. m. l; M. J?. Inferior canine robust, one rooted. Premolars TrWT two-rooted; !- three-rooted. Posterior pre- molar each jaw with robust, convex, swollen crowns, without heels or accessory cusps. Superior true molar tritubercular, with large internal cusps, and small external cusps; inter- mediate cusps present. Inferior premolars 2-4 with transverse crowns. Inferior true molar with anterior trigon and posterior basin; the former transverse, the latter with posterior angular cusps.