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Gagadon
Taxonomy
Gagadon was named by Stucky and Covert (2014). It is not extant. Its type is Gagadon minimonstrum.
It was assigned to Homacodontidae by Stucky and Covert (2014).
It was assigned to Homacodontidae by Stucky and Covert (2014).
Species
G. minimonstrum (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2014 | Gagadon Stucky and Covert |
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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.
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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R. K. Stucky and H. H. Covert 2014 | Differs from all known North Ameri- can artiodactyls in having the following autapomorphies: (1) very broad cingulids on the labial margin of the lower molars running from the anterior margin of the protoconid to the posterior mar- gin of the hypoconid; (2) strongly developed projecting accessory cusps on the labial cingulid of the lower molars especially on m2 and m3; and (3) a large cusp on the stylar shelf labial to the meta- cone in M2 that is nearly equal in size to the metacone. |