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Nesodon
Taxonomy
Nesodon was named by Owen (1846). It is not extant. Its type is Nesodon imbricatus. It is the type genus of Nesodontidae.
It was assigned to Perissodactyla by Owen (1848); to Nesodontidae by Ameghino (1887), Ameghino (1894), Ameghino (1907); to Toxodontidae by Lydekker (1894), Carroll (1988); and to Nesodontinae by Croft et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Perissodactyla by Owen (1848); to Nesodontidae by Ameghino (1887), Ameghino (1894), Ameghino (1907); to Toxodontidae by Lydekker (1894), Carroll (1988); and to Nesodontinae by Croft et al. (2004).
Species
Acrotherium karaikense, Acrotherium rusticum, Acrotherium stygium, N. andium, N. brachycephalus, N. cavifrons, N. imbricatus (syn. Nesotherium studeri, Nesotherium rufum, N. marmoratus, Adelphotherium repandum, N. cornutus, Toxodon patagonensis, Acrotherium intermedium, Adelphotherium rothi, Protoxodon henseli, Protoxodon clemens, Adelphotherium lutarium, Nesotherium argentinum, Adelphotherium ligatum, N. conspurcatus, N. rutimeyeri, Nesotherium carinatum, Acrotherium patagonicum, Atryptherium bifurcatum, Nesotherium elegans, Protoxodon evidens, Scophotherium cyclops, Gronotherium decrepitum, Protoxodon sullivani, N. typicus, N. oweni, Protoxodon obliteratus, Adelphotherium trivium, Nesotherium nehringi, Adelphotherium pumilum, Acrotherium variegatum, Protoxodon speciosus) (type species), N. limitatum, N. taweretus
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Nesodon Owen |
| 1848 | Nesodon Owen p. 139 |
| 1887 | Acrotherium Ameghino |
| 1887 | Adelphotherium Ameghino p. 22 |
| 1887 | Nesodon Ameghino p. 59 |
| 1894 | Nesodon Ameghino p. 21 |
| 1894 | Acrotherium Ameghino p. 25 |
| 1894 | Nesodon Lydekker p. 25 |
| 1907 | Nesodon Ameghino p. 89 |
| 1988 | Nesodon Carroll |
| 2004 | Nesodon Croft et al. p. 4 |
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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. †Nesodon Owen 1846
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†Nesodon andium Ameghino 1891
†Nesodon brachycephalus Ameghino 1894
†Nesodon cavifrons Ameghino 1894
†Nesodon imbricatus Owen 1846
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Invalid names: Acrotherium intermedium Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Acrotherium variegatum Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Adelphotherium ligatum Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Adelphotherium lutarium Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Adelphotherium pumilum Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Adelphotherium repandum Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Adelphotherium rothi Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Adelphotherium trivium Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Gronotherium decrepitum Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Nesodon conspurcatus Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Nesodon cornutus Scott 1912 [synonym], Nesodon marmoratus Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Nesodon oweni Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Nesodon typicus Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Nesotherium argentinum Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Nesotherium nehringi Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Nesotherium rufum Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Nesotherium studeri Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Protoxodon clemens Fernández and Muñoz 2019 [synonym], Protoxodon henseli Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Protoxodon obliteratus Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Protoxodon speciosus Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Protoxodon sullivani Owen 1846 [synonym], Scophotherium cyclops Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Toxodon patagonensis Ameghino 1887 [synonym]
†Nesodon limitatum Mercerat 1891
†Nesodon taweretus Forasiepi et al. 2015
Invalid names: Acrotherium Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Adelphotherium Ameghino 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available