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Oxyacodon agapetillus

Osteichthyes - Periptychidae

Taxonomy
Anisonchus agapetillus was named by Cope (1884). Its type specimen is AMNH 3557, a mandible (fragment of right dentary containing m1-2), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Oxyacodon agapetillus by Matthew (1897), Hay (1902), Simpson (1937), Matthew (1937), Van Valen (1978), Archibald (1982), Archibald et al. (1983), Eberle and Lillegraven (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Anisonchus agapetillus Cope p. 320
1897Oxyacodon agapetillus Matthew p. 292
1902Oxyacodon agapetillus Hay p. 602
1937Oxyacodon agapetillus Matthew
1937Oxyacodon agapetillus Simpson
1978Fimbrethil ambaronae Van Valen
1978Oxyacodon agapetillus Van Valen
1982Oxyacodon agapetillus Archibald
1983Oxyacodon agapetillus Archibald et al.
1998Oxyacodon agapetillus Eberle and Lillegraven

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Bulbulodentata
familyPeriptychidaeCope 1882
genusOxyacodonOsborn and Earle 1895
speciesagapetillus()

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.

†Oxyacodon agapetillus Cope 1884
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Invalid names: Fimbrethil ambaronae Van Valen 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available