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Amynodontidae
Taxonomy
Amynodontidae was named by Scott and Osborn (1883).
It was reranked as the subfamily Amynodontinae by Peterson (1919).
It was assigned to Hyracodontidae by Peterson (1919); and to Rhinocerotoidea by Hay (1902), Hough (1955), Radinsky (1966), Wall and Manning (1986), Carroll (1988), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Dashzeveg (1996), Holbrook (1999) and Wang et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the subfamily Amynodontinae by Peterson (1919).
It was assigned to Hyracodontidae by Peterson (1919); and to Rhinocerotoidea by Hay (1902), Hough (1955), Radinsky (1966), Wall and Manning (1986), Carroll (1988), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Dashzeveg (1996), Holbrook (1999) and Wang et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Amynodon, Amynodontinae, Amynodontopsis, Andarakodon, Cadurcodontini, Cadurcotheriinae, Gigantamynodon, Gigantamynodon cessator, Gigantamynodon giganteus, Gigantamynodon maguanensis, Metamynodontini, Orthocynodon, Paramynodontinae, Rostriamynodon, Rostriamynodontinae, Sharamynodon (syn. Lushiamynodon)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1883 | Amynodontidae Scott and Osborn p. 4 |
| 1902 | Amynodontidae Hay p. 641 |
| 1919 | Amynodontinae Peterson p. 130 |
| 1942 | Cadurcotheriinae Kretzoi |
| 1942 | Paramynodontinae Kretzoi |
| 1954 | Gigantamynodon Gromova |
| 1954 | Gigantamynodon cessator Gromova |
| 1955 | Amynodontidae Hough p. 32 |
| 1961 | Gigantamynodon giganteus Xu |
| 1966 | Amynodontidae Radinsky p. 631 |
| 1986 | Amynodontidae Wall and Manning p. 911 |
| 1986 | Gigantamynodon Wall and Manning p. 917 |
| 1988 | Amynodontidae Carroll |
| 1988 | Gigantamynodon Carroll |
| 1989 | Amynodontidae Prothero and Schoch p. 534 |
| 1989 | Gigantamynodon Prothero and Schoch p. 534 |
| 1992 | Gigantamynodon Qi |
| 1992 | Gigantamynodon maguanensis Qi |
| 1996 | Amynodontidae Dashzeveg p. 8 |
| 1999 | Amynodontidae Holbrook p. 346 |
| 2016 | Amynodontidae Wang 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. †Amynodontidae Scott and Osborn 1883
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G. †Amynodon Marsh 1877
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†Amynodon advenus Marsh 1875
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Invalid names: Amynodon erectus Troxell 1921 [synonym], Amynodon intermedius Osborn 1890 [synonym], Orthocynodon antiquus Scott and Osborn 1882 [synonym]
†Amynodon altidens Xu and Chiu 1962
†Amynodon alxaensis Qi 1975
†Amynodon lunanensis Chow 1964
†Amynodon reedi Stock 1939
†Amynodon watanabei Tokunaga 1926
G. †Amynodontopsis Stock 1933
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†Amynodontopsis bodei Stock 1933
†Amynodontopsis jiyuanensis Wang et al. 2020
Tr. †Cadurcodontini
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G. †Cadurcodon Kretzoi 1942
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†Cadurcodon ardynense Osborn 1924
†Cadurcodon ardynensis Osborn 1924
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Invalid names: Cadurcodon zaisanensis Belyaeva 1962 [synonym], Hypsamynodon tuskabakensis Biryukov 1963 [synonym]
†Cadurcodon bahoensis Xu 1965
†Cadurcodon houldjinensis Wang et al. 2009
†Cadurcodon kazakademius Biryukov 1961
†Cadurcodon maomingensis Averianov et al. 2017
†Cadurcodon suhaituensis Xu 1966
Invalid names: Paracadurcodon Xu 1966 [synonym], Sianodon Xu 1965 [synonym]
G. †Cadurcotherium Gervais 1873
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†Cadurcotherium cayluxi Gervais 1873
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Invalid names: Cadurcotherium nouleti Roman and Joleaud 1909 [synonym]
†Cadurcotherium minus Filhol 1880
†Cadurcotherium rakoveci Malez and Thenius 1985
Invalid names: Cadurcamynodon Kretzoi 1942 [synonym], Hypsamynodon Gromova 1954 [synonym]
G. †Zaisanamynodon Belyaeva 1971
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†Zaisanamynodon borisovi Belyaeva 1971
†Zaisanamynodon protheroi Lucas 2006
Tr. †Metamynodontini Kretzoi 1942
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G. †Metamynodon Scott and Osborn 1887
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†Metamynodon chadronensis Wood 1937
†Metamynodon mckinneyi Wilson and Schiebout 1981
†Metamynodon planifrons Scott and Osborn 1887
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Invalid names: Metamynodon rex Troxell 1921 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cadurcopsis Kretzoi 1942 [synonym]
G. †Paramynodon Matthew 1829
G. †Orthocynodon Scott and Osborn 1882
G. †Sharamynodon Kretozi 1942
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†Sharamynodon kirghisensis Belyaeva 1971
†Sharamynodon mongoliensis Osborn 1936
Invalid names: Lushiamynodon Chow and Xu 1965 [synonym]
Invalid names: Amynodontinae Scott and Osborn 1883 [empty], Cadurcotheriinae Kretzoi 1942 [invalid subgroup], Gigantamynodon Gromova 1954 [nomen dubium], Gigantamynodon cessator Gromova 1954 [nomen dubium], Gigantamynodon giganteus Xu 1961 [nomen dubium], Gigantamynodon maguanensis Qi 1992 [nomen dubium], Paramynodontinae Kretzoi 1942 [invalid subgroup], Rostriamynodontinae Wall and Manning 1986 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available