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Palaeictops bicuspis

Mammalia - Leptictidae

Taxonomy
Stypolophus bicuspis was named by Cope (1880).

It was recombined as Ictops bicuspis by Cope (1881); it was recombined as Diacodon bicuspis by Matthew (1918), Hay (1930) and Gazin (1949); it was recombined as Palaeictops bicuspis by Matthew (1899), Hay (1902), Gazin (1956), Gazin (1976), Novacek (1977), Novacek (1982), Gunnell (1998) and Velazco and Novacek (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Stypolophus bicuspis Cope p. 746
1881Ictops bicuspis Cope p. 192
1899Palaeictops bicuspis Matthew
1902Palaeictops bicuspis Hay p. 739
1918Diacodon bicuspis Matthew
1930Diacodon bicuspis Hay p. 431
1949Diacodon bicuspis Gazin
1956Palaeictops bicuspis Gazin
1976Palaeictops bicuspis Gazin
1977Palaeictops bicuspis Novacek
1982Palaeictops bicuspis Novacek
1998Palaeictops bicuspis Gunnell
2016Palaeictops bicuspis Velazco and Novacek p. 4

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
superorderLeptictida
familyLeptictidaeGill 1872
genusPalaeictopsMatthew 1899
speciesbicuspis()

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.

†Palaeictops bicuspis Cope 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available