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Oodectes pugnax

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Uintacyon pugnax was named by Wortman and Matthew (1899). Its type specimen is AMNH 1744, a mandible ( nearly complete lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Oodectes herpestoides by MacIntyre and Guthrie (1979); it was recombined as Oodectes pugnax by Matthew (1909) and Heinrich (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Uintacyon pugnax Wortman and Matthew p. 114
1909Oodectes pugnax Matthew
1997Oodectes pugnax Heinrich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
genusOodectes
speciespugnax()

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.

Oodectes pugnax Wortman and Matthew 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available