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Matthodon

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Matthodon was named by Lange-Badré and Haubold (1990). Its type is Matthodon tritens.

It was assigned to Proviverrinae by Solé (2013) and Solé et al. (2014); and to Hyaenodontidae by Solé and Mennecart (2019).

Species
M. menui, M. peignei, M. tritens (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Matthodon Lange-Badré and Haubold
2013Matthodon Solé
2014Matthodon Solé et al.
2019Matthodon Solé and Mennecart

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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
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
genusMatthodonLange-Badré and Haubold 1990

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.

G. †Matthodon Lange-Badré and Haubold 1990
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†Matthodon menui Rich 1971
†Matthodon peignei Solé et al. 2020
†Matthodon tritens Lange-Badré and Haubold 1990
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available