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Penetrigonias dakotensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Caenopus dakotensis was named by Peterson (1920). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. No. 1110, a mandible, and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Penetrigonias.

It was recombined as Penetrigonias dakotensis by Prothero (1998) and Prothero (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Caenopus dakotensis Peterson
1929Caenopus dakotensis Wood p. 67
1976Penetrigonias hudsoni Tanner and Martin
1998Penetrigonias dakotensis Prothero
2005Penetrigonias dakotensis Prothero p. 32

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
genusPenetrigonias
speciesdakotensis()

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.

†Penetrigonias dakotensis Peterson 1920
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Invalid names: Penetrigonias hudsoni Tanner and Martin 1976 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available