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Docodontidae
Taxonomy
Docodontidae was named by Simpson (1929). It was considered monophyletic by Walker (1969) and Waldman and Savage (1972) and Sigogneau-Russell (2001).
It was assigned to Pantotheria by Simpson (1929); and to Docodonta by Walker (1969), Waldman and Savage (1972), Kron (1979), Carroll (1988), Sigogneau-Russell (2001), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004) and Averianov et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Pantotheria by Simpson (1929); and to Docodonta by Walker (1969), Waldman and Savage (1972), Kron (1979), Carroll (1988), Sigogneau-Russell (2001), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004) and Averianov et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1929 | Docodontidae Simpson pp. 48, 84 |
| 1969 | Docodontidae Walker |
| 1972 | Docodontidae Waldman and Savage |
| 1979 | Docodontidae Kron p. 91 |
| 1988 | Docodontidae Carroll |
| 2001 | Docodontidae Sigogneau-Russell |
| 2004 | Docodontidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 196-197 |
| 2010 | Docodontidae Averianov et al. p. 126 |
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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.
Fm. †Docodontidae Simpson 1929
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G. †Borealestes Waldman and Savage 1972
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†Borealestes mussetti Sigogneau-Russell 2003
†Borealestes serendipitus Waldman and Savage 1972
G. †Delsatia Sigogneau-Russell and Godefroit 1997
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†Delsatia rhupotopi Sigogneau-Russell and Godefroit 1997
G. †Docodon Marsh 1881
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†Docodon apoxys Rougier et al. 2014
†Docodon striatus Marsh 1881
†Docodon superus Simpson 1929
†Docodon victor Marsh 1880
Invalid names: Diacynodon Schlosser 1890 [synonym]
G. †Dsungarodon Pfretzschner et al. 2005
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†Dsungarodon zuoi Pfretzschner et al. 2005
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Invalid names: Acuodulodon sunae Hu et al. 2007 [synonym]
Invalid names: Acuodulodon Hu et al. 2007 [synonym]
G. †Peraiocynodon Simpson 1928
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†Peraiocynodon inexpectatus Simpson 1928
†Peraiocynodon major Sigogneau-Russell 2003
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. O. Averianov et al. 2010 | Revised diagnosis. Docodontans with cusp C reduced and twinned with cusp A, cusp b larger than cusp c and approximated cusp a, and mesiolingual cingulid wide. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003 | |||||
Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 182.70000 to 140.20000 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Toarcian - Aalenian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Gondtherium dattai (39673) | |
| Bathonian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Borealestes serendipitus (139746) | |
| Late/Upper Bathonian | United Kingdom (England) | Borealestes mussetti, Peraiocynodon major, Borealestes serendipitus, Symmetrodonta indet. (39075) Docodonta indet. (57124) Docodontidae indet. (224639) | |
| Oxfordian | China (Xinjiang) | Acuodulodon sunae (138856) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | China (Xinjiang) | Docodonta indet. (47056) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Portugal (Leiria) | Haldanodon exspectatus (24563) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Docodon apoxys, Mammalia indet. (49636) Docodon sp., Docodon victor (56165) Docodon striatus, Diplocynodon victor, Docodon superus (12816) Docodon victor (39428 39431) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | Docodon sp. (28366) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Docodon victor (39426) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Utah) | Docodon sp. (22711) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | Docodon sp., Docodon apoxys (48161) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Docodon sp. (56654) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Peraiocynodon sp. (28401) | |
| Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Peraiocynodon inexpectatus (72142) |