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Phenacodontidae (condylarth)
Taxonomy
Phenacodontidae was named by Cope (1881). It is not extant. Its type is Phenacodus.
It was assigned to Condylarthra by Hay (1902) and Gregory (1910); to Condylarthri by Jaekel (1911); to Condylarthra by Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Ameghino (1897) and Chow et al. (1977); to Phenacodonta by Archibald (1998) and Thewissen et al. (2001); and to Condylarthra by Carroll (1988) and Rose et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Condylarthra by Hay (1902) and Gregory (1910); to Condylarthri by Jaekel (1911); to Condylarthra by Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Ameghino (1897) and Chow et al. (1977); to Phenacodonta by Archibald (1998) and Thewissen et al. (2001); and to Condylarthra by Carroll (1988) and Rose et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1881 | Phenacodontidae Cope |
| 1889 | Phenacodontidae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Phenacodontidae Flower and Lydekker p. 90 |
| 1897 | Phenacodontidae Ameghino p. 437 |
| 1902 | Phenacodontidae Hay p. 602 |
| 1910 | Phenacodontidae Gregory p. 466 |
| 1911 | Phenacodontidae Jaekel p. 238 |
| 1977 | Phenacodontidae Chow et al. |
| 1988 | Phenacodontidae Carroll |
| 1998 | Phenacodontidae Archibald p. 299 |
| 2001 | Phenacodontidae Thewissen et al. p. suppl. |
| 2012 | Phenacodontidae Rose 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.
Fm. †Phenacodontidae Cope 1881 [condylarth]
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G. †Almogaver Crusafont-Pairo and Villalta 1954
G. †Lophocion Wang and Tong 1997
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†Lophocion asiaticus Wang and Tong 1997
†Lophocion grangeri Bai et al. 2019
Subfm. †Meniscotheriinae Cope 1882
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G. †Ectocion Cope 1882
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†Ectocion cedrus Thewissen 1990
†Ectocion collinus Russell 1929
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Invalid names: Gidleyina montanensis Gidley 1935 [synonym], Gidleyina silberlingi Gidley 1935 [synonym], Gidleyina wyomingensis Gazin 1956 [synonym], Meniscotherium semicingulatum Russell 1929 [synonym], Tetraclaenodon superior Simpson 1935 [synonym]
†Ectocion ignotum Novacek et al. 1991
†Ectocion major Patterson and West 1973
†Ectocion mediotuber Thewissen 1990
†Ectocion nanabeensis Beard and Dawson 2009
†Ectocion parvus Granger 1915
†Ectocion superstes Granger 1915
Invalid names: Gidleyina Simpson 1935 [synonym], Prosthecion Patterson and West 1973 [synonym]
G. †Meniscotherium Cope 1874
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†Meniscotherium chamense Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Hyracops socialis Marsh 1892 [synonym], Meniscotherium robustum Thorpe 1934 [synonym], Meniscotherium terraerubrae Cope 1881 [synonym]
†Meniscotherium priscum Granger 1915
†Meniscotherium tapiacitum Cope 1882
Invalid names: Hyracops Marsh 1892 [synonym]
G. †Phenacodus Cope 1873
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†Phenacodus bisonensis Gazin 1956
†Phenacodus intermedius Granger 1915
†Phenacodus magnus Thewissen 1990
†Phenacodus sulcatus Cope 1874
†Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880
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Invalid names: Phenacodus almiensis Gazin 1942 [synonym], Phenacodus apternus Cope 1882 [synonym], Phenacodus copei Granger 1915 [synonym]
†Phenacodus zuniensis Cope 1881
Invalid names: Eohyus Marsh 1894 [synonym], Opisthotomus Cope 1875 [synonym], Phenacodus hemiconus Cope 1882 [nomen dubium], Phenacodus primaevus Cope 1873 [nomen dubium], Trispondylus Cope 1884 [replaced]
G. †Tetraclaenodon Scott 1892
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†Tetraclaenodon puercensis Cope 1881
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Invalid names: Mioclaenus floverianus Cope 1888 [synonym], Phenacodus calceolatus Cope 1883 [synonym], Protogonia plicifera Cope 1882 [synonym], Protogonia subquadrata Cope 1881 [synonym], Protogonia zuniensis Cope 1888 [synonym], Tetraclaenodon symbolicus Gidley 1935 [synonym]
†Tetraclaenodon septentrionalis Thewissen 1990
Invalid names: Euprotogonia Cope 1893 [synonym], Protogonia Cope 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available