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Pentacodon
Taxonomy
Pentacodon was named by Scott (1892). Its type is Chriacus inversus.
It was assigned to Oxyclaenidae by Scott (1892) and Hay (1902); to Pantolestidae by Hay (1930) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pentacodontidae by Van Valen (1967) and Zack et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Oxyclaenidae by Scott (1892) and Hay (1902); to Pantolestidae by Hay (1930) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pentacodontidae by Van Valen (1967) and Zack et al. (2005).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1892 | Pentacodon Scott p. 296 |
| 1902 | Pentacodon Hay p. 745 |
| 1930 | Pentacodon Hay p. 425 |
| 1967 | Pentacodon Van Valen |
| 1997 | Pentacodon McKenna and Bell |
| 2005 | Pentacodon Zack et al. |
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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. †Pentacodon Scott 1892
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†Pentacodon inversus Cope 1888
†Pentacodon occultus Matthew 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available