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Loxolophus stenognathus

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Protogonodon stenognathus was named by Matthew (1897). Its type specimen is AMNH 3198 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Loxolophus pentacus by Van Valen (1978); it was recombined as Loxolophus stenognathus by Williamson and Lucas (1993) and Williamson (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Protogonodon stenognathus Matthew p. 302
1902Protogonodon stenognathus Hay p. 603
1930Protogonodon stenognathus Hay p. 463
1993Loxolophus stenognathus Williamson and Lucas
1996Loxolophus stenognathus Williamson

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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
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusLoxolophus
speciesstenognathus()

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.

†Loxolophus stenognathus Matthew 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available