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Pelonax ramosus

Mammalia - Entelodontidae

Taxonomy
Elotherium ramosum was named by Cope (1874). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pelonax ramosus by Cope and Matthew (1915), Troxell (1920) and Scott (1940); it was recombined as Archaeotherium ramosus by Galbreath (1953).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Elotherium ramosum Cope
1874Elotherium bathrodon Marsh p. 534
1893Ammodon (Elotherium) bathrodon Marsh p. 410
1902Elotherium ramosum Hay p. 656
1909Pelonax bathrodon Peterson
1915Pelonax ramosus Cope and Matthew pp. Plate CIX
1920Pelonax ramosus Troxell
1940Pelonax ramosus Scott p. 440 figs. Plate XLIV, Fig. 1
1953Archaeotherium ramosus Galbreath

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyEntelodontoideaLydekker 1883
familyEntelodontidaeLydekker 1883
genusPelonaxCope 1873
speciesramosus()

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.

†Pelonax ramosus Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Elotherium bathrodon Marsh 1874 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available