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Centetodon marginalis

Mammalia - Geolabididae

Taxonomy
Herpetotherium marginale was named by Cope (1873).

It was recombined as Embassis marginalis by Cope (1875); it was recombined as Didelphys marginalis by Cope (1879); it was recombined as Peratherium marginale by Cope (1884) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Didelphis marginalis by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Geolabis marginalis by McKenna et al. (1962); it was recombined as Centetodon marginalis by Lillegraven et al. (1981), Korth (1994), Asher et al. (2005) and Korth et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Herpetotherium marginale Cope p. 6
1873Embassis alternans Cope p. 7
1875Embassis marginalis Cope p. 468
1879Didelphys marginalis Cope
1884Peratherium alternans Cope
1884Peratherium marginale Cope
1902Didelphis alternans Hay p. 571
1902Didelphis marginalis Hay p. 571
1930Peratherium alternans Hay p. 393
1930Peratherium marginale Hay p. 393
1937Metacodon mellingeri Patterson and McGrew
1962Geolabis marginalis McKenna et al.
1981Centetodon marginalis Lillegraven et al.
1994Centetodon marginalis Korth
2005Centetodon marginalis Asher et al. p. 912
2022Centetodon marginalis 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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familyGeolabididaeMcKenna 1960
genusCentetodon
speciesmarginalis()

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.

Centetodon marginalis Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Embassis alternans Cope 1873 [synonym], Metacodon mellingeri Patterson and McGrew 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available