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Xesmodon langi

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Taxonomy
Glyphodon langi was named by Roth (1899). Its type specimen is skull with last two molars, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lago Musters, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina. It is the type species of Xesmodon, Glyphodon.

It was recombined as Xesmodon langi by Simpson (1948).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Glyphodon langi Roth p. 383
1948Xesmodon langi Simpson

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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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
suborderLitopterna(Ameghino 1889)
familyProterotheriidaeAmeghino 1887
genusXesmodonBerg 1899
specieslangi()

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.

Xesmodon langi Roth 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available