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Ectypodus laytoni

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Taxonomy
Ectypodus laytoni was named by Jepsen (1940). Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Parectypodus laytoni by Sloan (1966), Russell (1967), Wolberg (1979), Rose (1981) and Sloan (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Ectypodus laytoni Jepsen
1966Parectypodus laytoni Sloan
1967Parectypodus laytoni Russell
1979Parectypodus laytoni Wolberg
1981Parectypodus laytoni Rose
1981Parectypodus laytoni Sloan

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyNeoplagiaulacidae
genusEctypodus
specieslaytoni

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.

Ectypodus laytoni Jepsen 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available