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Ectoconus

Mammalia - Periptychidae

Taxonomy
Ectoconus was named by Cope (1884). It is not extant. Its type is Periptychus ditrigonus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Conoryctes by Cope (1885).

It was assigned to Periptychidae by Cope (1884), Cope (1888), Osborn and Earle (1895), Matthew (1937), Chow et al. (1977) and Carroll (1988); and to Periptychinae by Hay (1902), Archibald (1998) and Eberle (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Ectoconus Cope
1888Ectoconus Cope
1895Ectoconus Osborn and Earle
1902Ectoconus Hay p. 694
1937Ectoconus Matthew
1977Ectoconus Chow et al.
1988Ectoconus Carroll
1998Ectoconus Archibald p. 312
2003Ectoconus Eberle p. 159

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Bulbulodentata
familyPeriptychidaeCope 1882
subfamilyPeriptychinaeOsborn and Earle 1895
genusEctoconusCope 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. †Ectoconus Cope 1884
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Ectoconus cavigellii Eberle and Lillegraven 1998
Ectoconus ditrigonus Cope 1882
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Invalid names: Ectoconus majusculus Matthew 1937 [synonym]
Ectoconus symbolus Gazin 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available