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Telacodon
Taxonomy
Telacodon was named by Marsh (1892). Its type is Telacodon laevis.
It was assigned to Insectivora by Simpson (1929); to Palaeoryctidae by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979); to Trituberculata by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Cimolestidae by Marsh (1892), Hay (1902) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Insectivora by Simpson (1929); to Palaeoryctidae by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979); to Trituberculata by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Cimolestidae by Marsh (1892), Hay (1902) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Species
T. laevis (type species), T. praestans
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1892 | Telacodon Marsh p. 258 |
1902 | Telacodon Hay p. 566 |
1929 | Telacodon Simpson p. 138 |
1979 | Telacodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223 |
1997 | Telacodon McKenna and Bell |
2004 | Telacodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 508 fig. 13.25D |
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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.
G. †Telacodon Marsh 1892
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†Telacodon laevis Marsh 1892
†Telacodon praestans Marsh 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 |