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Pugiodens
Taxonomy
Pugiodens was named by Matthes (1952). It is not extant. Its type is Pugiodens mirus.
It was assigned to Miacidae by Matthes (1952); and to Paroxyclaenidae by Van Valen (1967), Hooker (1986) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Miacidae by Matthes (1952); and to Paroxyclaenidae by Van Valen (1967), Hooker (1986) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
P. mirus (type species)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Pugiodens Matthes pp. 232-233 figs. 67-71 |
| 1965 | Russellites Van Valen p. 392 |
| 1967 | Pugiodens Van Valen |
| 1986 | Pugiodens Hooker p. 336 |
| 1997 | Pugiodens McKenna and Bell |
| 1997 | Russellites McKenna and Bell |
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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. †Pugiodens Matthes 1952
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†Pugiodens mirus Matthes 1952
Invalid names: Russellites Van Valen 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H. W. Matthes 1952 | Canine show little differentiation; all molars similar in shape; talonids slender, basin-like; protoconid highest cusp, metaconid lower, paraconid even lower than metaconid; trigonids of M equal in size; P not reduced; lower P3 molar-like. |
Measurements
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||