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Pentacodontidae

Mammalia - Pentacodontidae

Taxonomy
Pentacodontidae was named by Simpson (1937).

It was reranked as the subfamily Pentacodontinae by Lopatin (2006).

It was assigned to Tupaioidea by Van Valen (1967); to Cimolesta by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pantolestidae by Lopatin (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Pentacodontidae Simpson
1967Pentacodontidae Van Valen
1997Pentacodontidae McKenna and Bell
2006Pentacodontinae Lopatin

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Cimolesta()
familyPentacodontidaeSimpson 1937
familyPentacodontidaeSimpson 1937

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.

Fm. †Pentacodontidae Simpson 1937
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G. †Amaramnis Gazin 1962
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Amaramnis gregoryi Gazin 1962
G. †Aphronorus Simpson 1935
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Aphronorus bearspawensis Scott et al. 2013
Aphronorus fraudator Simpson 1935
Aphronorus orieli Gazin 1969
Aphronorus ratatoski Winterfeld 1982
Aphronorus simpsoni Gazin 1938
G. †Bisonalveus Gazin 1956
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Bisonalveus browni Gazin 1956
Bisonalveus holtzmani Gingerich 1983
G. †Eurolestes De Bast and Smith 2017
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Eurolestes dupuisi De Bast and Smith 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available