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Bessoecetor

Mammalia - Pantolestidae

Taxonomy
Bessoecetor was named by Simpson (1936) [not 1935, contra some later authors]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Propalaeosinopa by Van Valen (1967), Szalay (1969), Dorr (1977), Rigby (1980), Krause and Gingerich (1983) and Lopatin (2006).

It was assigned to Pantolestidae by Scott et al. (2002) and Scott et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Bessoecetor Simpson
2002Bessoecetor Scott et al. p. 700
2013Bessoecetor Scott et al.

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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
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
superfamilyPantolestoidae(Cope 1887)
familyPantolestidaeCope 1884
genusBessoecetor

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. †Bessoecetor Simpson 1936
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Bessoecetor krausei Rankin 2014
Bessoecetor pilodontus Secord 2008
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Invalid names: Bessoecetor thomsoni Simpson 1936 [synonym], Palaeosinopa diluculi Simpson 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available