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Entomodon comptus

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Entomodon comptus was named by Marsh (1872). It is the type species of Entomodon.

It was recombined as Thinocyon comptus by McKenna et al. (1962), Van Valen (1966) and Gunnell (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Entomodon comptus Marsh
1902Entomodon comptus Hay p. 740
1962Thinocyon comptus McKenna et al.
1966Thinocyon comptus Van Valen
1998Thinocyon comptus Gunnell
2000Entomodon comptus Morlo 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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
subfamilyLimnocyoninae
genusEntomodon
speciescomptus

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.

Entomodon comptus Marsh 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available