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Allacodon lentus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae

Taxonomy
Allacodon lentus was named by Marsh (1889). Its type specimen is YPM 11758, a tooth (upper premolar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 5, which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Allacodon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cimolomys gracilis by Simpson (1929); it was considered a nomen dubium by Clemens (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Allacodon lentus Marsh
1897Allacodon lentus Marsh p. 521
1902Allacodon lentus Hay p. 557
1930Allacodon lentus Hay p. 378

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyPtilodontidaeCope 1887
genusAllacodon
specieslentus

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.

Allacodon lentus Marsh 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-08 09:14:16
Modified: 2005-09-08 11:14:16
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Krause 1982, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Lancian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Allacodon lentus (14565 type locality: 14587 14589 14591 14606)