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Centetodon
Taxonomy
Centetodon was named by Marsh (1872). Its type is Centetodon pulcher.
It was assigned to Leptictidae by Hay (1902); to Nyctitheriidae by Hay (1930); to Geolabidinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Geolabididae by Marsh (1872), McKenna and Bell (1997), Asher et al. (2005), Lopatin (2006), Gunnell et al. (2008), Lofgren et al. (2020) and Korth et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Leptictidae by Hay (1902); to Nyctitheriidae by Hay (1930); to Geolabidinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Geolabididae by Marsh (1872), McKenna and Bell (1997), Asher et al. (2005), Lopatin (2006), Gunnell et al. (2008), Lofgren et al. (2020) and Korth et al. (2022).
Species
C. altidens (syn. Didelphodus ventanus), C. aztecus, C. bacchanalis, C. bembicophagus, C. chadronensis, C. divaricatus, C. hendryi, C. kuenzii, C. magnus, C. marginalis (syn. Metacodon mellingeri, Embassis alternans), C. neashami, C. patratus, C. pulcher (syn. Hypacodon praecursor) (type species), C. wolffi
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1872 | Centetodon Marsh |
1873 | Embassis Cope |
1902 | Centetodon Hay p. 740 |
1930 | Centetodon Hay p. 435 |
1934 | Protictops Peterson |
1960 | Hypacodon McKenna |
1967 | Centetodon Van Valen |
1967 | Embassis Van Valen |
1997 | Centetodon McKenna and Bell |
1997 | Protictops McKenna and Bell |
2005 | Centetodon Asher et al. p. 911 |
2006 | Centetodon Lopatin |
2008 | Centetodon Gunnell et al. |
2020 | Centetodon Lofgren et al. |
2022 | Centetodon 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. †Centetodon Marsh 1872
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†Centetodon aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981
†Centetodon bacchanalis McGrew et al. 1959
†Centetodon bembicophagus Lillegraven et al. 1981
†Centetodon chadronensis Lillegraven et al. 1981
†Centetodon divaricatus Korth 1992
†Centetodon hendryi Lillegraven et al. 1981
†Centetodon kuenzii Lillegraven et al. 1981
†Centetodon magnus Clark 1936
†Centetodon marginalis Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Embassis alternans Cope 1873 [synonym], Metacodon mellingeri Patterson and McGrew 1937 [synonym]
†Centetodon neashami Bown and Schankler 1982
†Centetodon patratus Bown and Schankler 1982
†Centetodon wolffi Macdonald 1965
Invalid names: Embassis Cope 1873 [synonym], Hypacodon McKenna 1960 [synonym], Protictops Peterson 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available