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Simidectes

Mammalia - Acreodi

Taxonomy
Pleurocyon (Simidectes) was named by Stock (1933).

It was reranked as Simidectes by Gingerich (1982) and Carroll (1988).

It was assigned to Pleurocyon by Stock (1933); to Mesonychoidea by Gingerich (1982); and to Pantolesta by Carroll (1988).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Pleurocyon Peterson p. 52
1933Pleurocyon Stock p. 481
1933Pleurocyon (Simidectes) Stock p. 481
1982Simidectes Gingerich p. 708
1986Pleurocyon Hooker p. 336
1988Simidectes Carroll

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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
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
Mesonychia
genusSimidectes()

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. †Simidectes Stock 1933
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Simidectes magnus Peterson 1919
Simidectes medius Peterson 1919
Simidectes merriami Stock 1933
Invalid names: Pleurocyon Peterson 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available