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Ctenacodon

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Allodontidae

Taxonomy

Ctenacodon was named by Marsh (1879). Its type is Ctenacodon serratus.

It was assigned to Allotheria by Marsh (1889); to Plagiaulacinae by Hay (1902); to Plagiaulacidae by Marsh (1879), Marsh (1880), Marsh (1887), Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Hahn (1971), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Allodontidae by Bakker (1998), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Species

C. brentbaatar, C. laticeps, C. minor, C. scindens, C. serratus (syn. C. nanus) (type species)

Synonyms

Allodon was named by Marsh (1881).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ctenacodon by Hay (1930) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Plagiaulacidae by Marsh (1881) and Marsh (1887); to Allotheria by Marsh (1889); to Allodontidae by Marsh (1889); and to Bolodontidae by Hay (1902).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1879	Ctenacodon Marsh p. 396
1880	Ctenacodon Marsh p. 239
1881	Allodon Marsh p. 511
1887	Allodon Marsh p. 329
1887	Ctenacodon Marsh p. 332
1889	Allodon Marsh
1889	Ctenacodon Marsh
1902	Allodon Hay p. 557
1902	Ctenacodon Hay p. 558
1928	Ctenacodon Simpson p. 36
1929	Ctenacodon Simpson p. 11
1930	Ctenacodon Hay p. 377
1971	Ctenacodon Hahn p. 36
1979	Ctenacodon Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101
1997	Ctenacodon McKenna and Bell
1998	Ctenacodon Bakker p. 69
2001	Ctenacodon Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 412
2004	Ctenacodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 301-303 fig. 8.25A,E,F

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Allotheria	()
order	Multituberculata	Cope 1884
family	Allodontidae
genus	Ctenacodon

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. †Ctenacodon Marsh 1879

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†Ctenacodon brentbaatar Bakker 1998

†Ctenacodon laticeps Marsh 1881

†Ctenacodon minor Falconer 1857

†Ctenacodon scindens Simpson 1928

†Ctenacodon serratus Marsh 1879

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Invalid names: Ctenacodon nanus Marsh 1881 [synonym]

Invalid names: Allodon Marsh 1881 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

arborealo

Diet:

herbivoreo

Created:

2005-09-01 17:42:57

Modified:

2005-09-01 19:42:57

Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 150.80000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian	157.3 - 145.0	USA (Wyoming)	C. brentbaatar (230770 230772 231548) C. serratus, C. nanus, Allodon laticeps, C. scindens (12816)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian	157.3 - 145.0	USA (Utah)	C. sp. (53035)
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	USA (Wyoming)	C. sp. (56654)
Middle Berriasian	145.0 - 140.2	United Kingdom (England)	Plagiaulax minor (72142)