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Polyacrodon lanciformis

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Taxonomy
Polyacrodon lanciformis was named by Roth (1899). Its type specimen is two upper molars, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lago Musters, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

It was recombined as Periacrodon lanciformis by Ameghino (1904).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Polyacrodon lanciformis Roth p. 382–383
1901Decaconus intricatus Ameghino p. 382
1904Periacrodon lanciformis Ameghino p. 39
1948Polyacrodon lanciformis 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
genusPolyacrodon
specieslanciformis

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.

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Invalid names: Decaconus intricatus Ameghino 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available