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Didelphodus

Mammalia - Leptictidae

Taxonomy
Didelphodus was named by Cope (1882). It is not extant. Its type is Deltatherium absarokae. It is the type genus of Didelphodontinae.

It was assigned to Proviverridae by Scott (1892) and Hay (1902); to Didelphodontinae by Hay (1930) and Van Valen (1967); to Cimolestidae by Lopatin (2006); and to Cimolestidae by Cope (1882), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Rose et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Didelphodus Cope
1892Didelphodus Scott p. 311
1902Didelphodus Hay p. 753
1923Didelphyodus Winge
1930Didelphodus Hay p. 432
1967Didelphodus Van Valen
1997Didelphodus McKenna and Bell
2006Didelphodus Lopatin
2012Didelphodus Rose et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
superorderLeptictida
familyLeptictidaeGill 1872
subfamilyDidelphodontinaeMatthew 1918
genusDidelphodusCope 1882

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. †Didelphodus Cope 1882
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Didelphodus absarokae Cope 1881
Didelphodus rheos Storer 1995
Didelphodus serus Storer 1984
Invalid names: Didelphyodus Winge 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available