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Sarcodon
Taxonomy
Sarcodon was named by Matthew and Granger (1925). Its type is Sarcodon pygmaeus.
It was assigned to Mammalia by Matthew and Granger (1925); to Creodonta by Matthew et al. (1929); to Micropternodontidae by Van Valen (1967), Carroll (1988) and Huang (2003); to Sarcodontinae by Lopatin and Kondrashov (2004) and Lopatin (2006); and to Sarcodontidae by Missiaen et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Mammalia by Matthew and Granger (1925); to Creodonta by Matthew et al. (1929); to Micropternodontidae by Van Valen (1967), Carroll (1988) and Huang (2003); to Sarcodontinae by Lopatin and Kondrashov (2004) and Lopatin (2006); and to Sarcodontidae by Missiaen et al. (2013).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Sarcodon Matthew and Granger |
| 1929 | Opisthopsalis Matthew et al. |
| 1929 | Sarcodon Matthew et al. |
| 1967 | Opisthopsalis Van Valen |
| 1967 | Sarcodon Van Valen |
| 1988 | Sarcodon Carroll |
| 2003 | Sarcodon Huang |
| 2004 | Sarcodon Lopatin and Kondrashov |
| 2006 | Sarcodon Lopatin |
| 2013 | Sarcodon Missiaen 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. †Sarcodon Matthew and Granger 1925
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†Sarcodon minor Meng et al. 1998
†Sarcodon pygmaeus Matthew and Granger 1925
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Invalid names: Opisthopsalis vetus Matthew et al. 1929 [synonym]
†Sarcodon zhaii Huang 2003
Invalid names: Opisthopsalis Matthew et al. 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Nei Mongol) | S. pygmaeus, S. minor (133389) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Anhui) | S. zhaii (133426) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Mongolia (Omngov) | S. pygmaeus, Opisthopsalis vetus (133403) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Mongolia (Omnogov) | S. pygmaeus (37008) |