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Didelphodon vorax

Mammalia - Stagodontidae

Taxonomy
Didelphodon vorax was named by Marsh (1889). Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 1 (UCMP V-5003), which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Didelphodon, Didelphops.

It was recombined as Didelphops vorax by Marsh (1889).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cimolestes curtus Marsh
1889Didelphodon ferox Marsh
1889Didelphodon vorax Marsh
1889Didelphops ferox Marsh
1889Didelphops vorax Marsh
1889Stagodon nitor Marsh
1889Didelphodon ferox Marsh p. 88
1889Didelphodon vorax Marsh p. 88
1889Cimolestes curtus Marsh p. 89 figs. pl. 4, figs 8-11
1889Stagodon nitor Marsh p. 178
1892Stagodon validus Marsh p. 256
1897Stagodon validus Marsh p. 521
1898Ectoconodon petersoni Osborn
1902Stagodon nitor Hay p. 564
1902Stagodon validus Hay p. 565
1902Cimolestes curtus Hay p. 566
1902Didelphodon ferox Hay p. 566
1902Didelphodon vorax Hay p. 566
1902Ectoconodon petersoni Hay p. 692
1927Diaphorodon curtus Simpson p. 122
1927Didelphodon vorax Simpson p. 122
1927Ectoconodon petersoni Simpson p. 122
1929Didelphodon vorax Simpson pp. 122-124
1929Ectoconodon petersoni Simpson pp. 125-126
1929Diaphorodon curtus Simpson pp. 132-133
1954Ectoconodon petersoni Wood and Ormsbee p. 28
1966Didelphodon vorax Clemens
1966Diaphorodon curtus Van Valen
1972Didelphodon nitor Sahni
1979Didelphodon vorax Clemens p. 193
2004Didelphodon vorax Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 459

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
familyStagodontidaeMarsh 1889
genusDidelphodon
speciesvoraxMarsh 1889

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.

Didelphodon vorax Marsh 1889
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Invalid names: Cimolestes curtus Marsh 1889 [synonym], Didelphodon ferox Marsh 1889 [synonym], Ectoconodon petersoni Osborn 1898 [synonym], Stagodon nitor Marsh 1889 [synonym], Stagodon validus Marsh 1892 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available