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Didelphodus absarokae

Mammalia - Leptictidae

Taxonomy
Deltatherium absarokae was named by Cope (1881). It is the type species of Didelphodus.

It was recombined as Didelphodus absarokae by Cope (1882), Scott (1892), Hay (1902), Matthew (1918), Hay (1930), McKenna (1960) and Van Valen (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Deltatherium absarokae Cope p. 669
1882Didelphodus absarokae Cope
1892Didelphodus absarokae Scott p. 311
1902Didelphodus absarokae Hay p. 753
1918Didelphodus absarokae Matthew
1930Didelphodus absarokae Hay p. 432
1960Didelphodus absarokae McKenna
1966Didelphodus absarokae Van Valen

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
superorderLeptictida
familyLeptictidaeGill 1872
subfamilyDidelphodontinaeMatthew 1918
genusDidelphodusCope 1882
speciesabsarokae()

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.

†Didelphodus absarokae Cope 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available