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Pappotherium
Taxonomy
Pappotherium was named by Slaughter (1965). Its type is Pappotherium pattersoni. It is the type genus of Pappotheriidae.
It was assigned to Boreosphenida by Martin and Rauhut (2005); to Deltatheroida by Bi et al. (2015); and to Pappotheriidae by Slaughter (1965), Van Valen (1967), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Davis and Cifelli (2011), Cifelli and Davis (2015).
It was assigned to Boreosphenida by Martin and Rauhut (2005); to Deltatheroida by Bi et al. (2015); and to Pappotheriidae by Slaughter (1965), Van Valen (1967), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Davis and Cifelli (2011), Cifelli and Davis (2015).
Species
P. pattersoni (syn. Slaughteria eruptens) (type species)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1965 | Pappotherium Slaughter p. 4 |
| 1967 | Pappotherium Van Valen |
| 1978 | Slaughteria Butler |
| 1979 | Pappotherium Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 183 |
| 1997 | Pappotherium McKenna and Bell |
| 1997 | Slaughteria McKenna and Bell |
| 2004 | Pappotherium Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 411, 419-420 fig. 11.5D |
| 2004 | Slaughteria Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 411, 421 figs. 3.24C, 11.4F |
| 2005 | Pappotherium Martin and Rauhut |
| 2011 | Pappotherium Davis and Cifelli p. 448 |
| 2011 | Slaughteria Davis and Cifelli p. 455 |
| 2015 | Pappotherium Bi et al. |
| 2015 | Pappotherium Cifelli and Davis |
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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. †Pappotherium Slaughter 1965
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†Pappotherium pattersoni Slaughter 1965
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Invalid names: Slaughteria eruptens Butler 1978 [synonym]
Invalid names: Slaughteria Butler 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available