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Herpetotherium valens

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Didelphys valens was named by Lambe (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Calf Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Cypress Hills Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Didelphis valens by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Peratherium valens by Russell (1934) and Russell (1984); it was recombined as Herpetotherium valens by Korth (1994), Eberle and Storer (1995) and Korth et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Didelphys valens Lambe
1930Didelphis valens Hay p. 395
1934Peratherium valens Russell
1961Peratherium donahoei Hough
1984Peratherium valens Russell
1994Herpetotherium valens Korth
1995Herpetotherium valens Eberle and Storer
2022Herpetotherium valens Korth 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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
Herpetotheriidae(Trouessart 1879)
genusHerpetotherium
speciesvalens()

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.

Herpetotherium valens Lambe 1908
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Invalid names: Peratherium donahoei Hough 1961 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available