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Sciurodon

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Taxonomy
Sciurodon was named by Schlosser (1884). It is not extant. Its type is Sciurodon cadurcensis.

It was assigned to Aplodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
S. cadurcensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Sciurodon Schlosser
1997Sciurodon McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familyAplodontidaeBrandt 1855
genusSciurodonSchlosser 1884

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. †Sciurodon Schlosser 1884
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Sciurodon cadurcensis Schlosser 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available