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Taxonomy
Teratodon was named by Savage (1965).
It was assigned to Hyaenodontinae by Van Valen (1967); to Hyaenodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Morlo et al. (2007); to Teratodontidae by Savage (1965) and Morales et al. (2007); to Teratodontinae by Solé et al. (2014); and to Teratodontinae by Borths and Stevens (2017).
It was assigned to Hyaenodontinae by Van Valen (1967); to Hyaenodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Morlo et al. (2007); to Teratodontidae by Savage (1965) and Morales et al. (2007); to Teratodontinae by Solé et al. (2014); and to Teratodontinae by Borths and Stevens (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1965 | Teratodon Savage p. 247 |
| 1967 | Teratodon Van Valen |
| 1997 | Teratodon McKenna and Bell |
| 2007 | Teratodon Morales et al. p. 74 |
| 2007 | Teratodon Morlo et al. p. 149 |
| 2014 | Teratodon Solé et al. |
| 2017 | Teratodon Borths and Stevens |
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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. †Teratodon Savage 1965
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†Teratodon enigmae Savage 1965
†Teratodon spekei Savage 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Burdigalian or 28.10000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattian | Kenya | T. sp. (27855) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Egypt | T. sp. (70646) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Kenya | T. spekei (21721) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | T. spekei, T. enigmae (21726) | |
| Burdigalian | Uganda | T. spekei (28441) |