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Hexacodus
Taxonomy
Hexacodus was named by Gazin (1952). It is not extant. Its type is Hexacodus pelodes.
It was synonymized subjectively with Sarcolemur by Guthrie (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Protodichobune by Van Valen (1971).
It was assigned to Bunomerycidae by Gentry and Hooker (1988); to Homacodontini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Artiodactyla by Gazin (1952), Krishtalka and Stucky (1986), Carroll (1988) and Walsh (2000); and to Homacodontidae by Theodor et al. (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Sarcolemur by Guthrie (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Protodichobune by Van Valen (1971).
It was assigned to Bunomerycidae by Gentry and Hooker (1988); to Homacodontini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Artiodactyla by Gazin (1952), Krishtalka and Stucky (1986), Carroll (1988) and Walsh (2000); and to Homacodontidae by Theodor et al. (2007).
Species
H. pelodes (type species), H. uintensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1952 | Hexacodus Gazin |
| 1986 | Hexacodus Krishtalka and Stucky |
| 1988 | Hexacodus Carroll |
| 1988 | Hexacodus Gentry and Hooker |
| 1997 | Hexacodus McKenna and Bell p. 401 |
| 2000 | Hexacodus Walsh |
| 2007 | Hexacodus Theodor et al. p. 52 |
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G. †Hexacodus Gazin 1952
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†Hexacodus pelodes Gazin 1952
†Hexacodus uintensis Gazin 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available