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Ankylodon
Taxonomy
Ankylodon was named by Patterson and McGrew (1937). It is not extant. Its type is Ankylodon annectens.
It was assigned to Plesiosoricidae by Van Valen (1967); to Dormaaliidae by Patterson and McGrew (1937) and Novacek et al. (1985); to Scenopaginae by Gunnell et al. (2008); and to Sespedectidae by Korth et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Plesiosoricidae by Van Valen (1967); to Dormaaliidae by Patterson and McGrew (1937) and Novacek et al. (1985); to Scenopaginae by Gunnell et al. (2008); and to Sespedectidae by Korth et al. (2022).
Species
A. annectens (type species), A. progressus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Ankylodon Patterson and McGrew |
| 1967 | Ankylodon Van Valen |
| 1985 | Ankylodon Novacek et al. p. 5 |
| 2008 | Ankylodon Gunnell et al. |
| 2022 | Ankylodon Korth 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. †Ankylodon Patterson and McGrew 1937
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†Ankylodon annectens Patterson and McGrew 1937
†Ankylodon progressus Galbreath 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Uintan | USA (Wyoming) | A. sp. (16514 16515 16516) | |
| Duchesnean | USA (Wyoming) | A. talonidus (16826) | |
| Chadronian | USA (North Dakota) | A. sp. (16991) | |
| Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | A. sp. (16919) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Nebraska) | A. sp. (17014) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Wyoming) | A. sp. (16962 16963 16964) | |
| Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | A. progressus (230806) | |
| Orellan | USA (Colorado) | A. annectens (17081) A. progressus (17082) | |
| Orellan | USA (Wyoming) | A. annectens (17318) | |
| Geringian | USA (Nebraska) | A. annectens (17709) |