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Promioclaenus acolytus

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyopsodus acolytus was named by Cope (1882) [synonymized with Agriochoerus by Lander 1998, but he means to refer only to H. guyotianus]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mioclaenus acolytus by Cope (1888), Matthew (1897), Hay (1902), Osborn (1902) and Matthew (1909); it was recombined as Ellipsodon acolytus by Matthew (1937); it was recombined as Promioclaenus acolytus by Trouessart (1904), Wilson (1956), Gazin (1969), Schiebout (1974), Van Valen (1978), Rigby (1980), de Muizon and Cifelli (2000) and Burger (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Hyopsodus acolytus Cope p. 462
1882Mioclaenus minimus Cope p. 468
1888Mioclaenus acolytus Cope p. 335
1897Mioclaenus acolytus Matthew p. 317
1902Mioclaenus acolytus Hay p. 606
1902Mioclaenus acolytus Osborn
1904Promioclaenus acolytus Trouessart
1909Mioclaenus acolytus Matthew
1935Ellipsodon aquilonius Simpson
1937Ellipsodon acolytus Matthew
1956Promioclaenus acolytus Wilson
1956Promioclaenus aquilonius Wilson
1969Promioclaenus acolytus Gazin p. 10
1974Promioclaenus acolytus Schiebout
1978Promioclaenus acolytus Van Valen
1980Promioclaenus acolytus Rigby, Jr.
2000Promioclaenus acolytus de Muizon and Cifelli
2007Promioclaenus acolytus Burger p. 146

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyHyopsodontidaeTrouessart 1879
genusPromioclaenusTrouessart 1904
speciesacolytus()

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.

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Invalid names: Ellipsodon aquilonius Simpson 1935 [synonym], Mioclaenus minimus Cope 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available