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Dyspterna

Mammalia - Pantolestidae

Taxonomy
Dyspterna was named by Hopwood (1927). It is not extant. Its type is Dyspterna woodi.

It was assigned to Pantolestinae by Cray (1973); to Pantolestidae by Van Valen (1967) and Carroll (1988); and to Dyspterninae by Russell and Godinot (1988) and Dashzeveg and Russell (1992).

Species
D. woodi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Dyspterna Hopwood
1967Dyspterna Van Valen
1973Dyspterna Cray p. 57
1988Dyspterna Carroll
1988Dyspterna Russell and Godinot
1992Dyspterna Dashzeveg and Russell

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyPantolestoidae(Cope 1887)
familyPantolestidaeCope 1884
subfamilyDyspterninaeKretzoi 1943
genusDyspternaHopwood 1927

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. †Dyspterna Hopwood 1927
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†Dyspterna woodi Hopwood 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available