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Tetraclaenodon
Taxonomy
Tetraclaenodon was named by Scott (1892).
It was synonymized subjectively with Euprotogonia by Matthew (1897).
It was assigned to Arctocyonidae by Scott (1892); to Phenacodonta by Archibald (1998); and to Phenacodontidae by Hay (1902), Simpson (1935), Simpson (1937), Matthew (1937), Thewissen (1990), Kondrashov and Lucas (2012), Scott et al. (2013) and Halliday et al. (2017).
It was synonymized subjectively with Euprotogonia by Matthew (1897).
It was assigned to Arctocyonidae by Scott (1892); to Phenacodonta by Archibald (1998); and to Phenacodontidae by Hay (1902), Simpson (1935), Simpson (1937), Matthew (1937), Thewissen (1990), Kondrashov and Lucas (2012), Scott et al. (2013) and Halliday et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1881 | Protogonia Cope |
| 1892 | Tetraclaenodon Scott p. 299 |
| 1893 | Euprotogonia Cope |
| 1902 | Tetraclaenodon Hay p. 603 |
| 1935 | Protogonia Cabrerea |
| 1935 | Tetraclaenodon Simpson |
| 1937 | Tetraclaenodon Matthew |
| 1937 | Tetraclaenodon Simpson |
| 1990 | Tetraclaenodon Thewissen |
| 1998 | Tetraclaenodon Archibald |
| 2012 | Tetraclaenodon Kondrashov and Lucas |
| 2013 | Tetraclaenodon Scott et al. |
| 2017 | Tetraclaenodon Halliday et al. p. 527 |
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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. †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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Archibald 1998, Radinsky 1966, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Torrejonian or 61.70000 to 60.90000 Ma
Collections (50 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | T. puercensis (14879 14886 14897 14898 14912) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | T. puercensis (14811 14812 14815 14816 14818 14824 14825 14826 14832 14833 14835 14862 14865 14867 14868 14869 14870 14873 14891 14892 14893) T. sp. (14813 14819 14823) | |
| Torrejonian | Canada (Alberta) | T. puercensis (14822 143200) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Montana) | T. puercensis (14874 14906 14915) T. symbolicus (14907 14913 14914 14918 14920 14924) | |
| Torrejonian - Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | T. puercensis (14858) T. sp. (14820 14839 14846 14847) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Montana) | T. pliciferus (14937) T. puercensis (15044) T. septentrionalis (15045) T. sp. (15037) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (California) | T. puercensis (14817) |