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Pelonax potens

Mammalia - Entelodontidae

Taxonomy
Ammodon potens was named by Marsh (1893). Its type specimen is YPM 12042, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pelonax potens by Peterson (1909), Troxell (1920), Troxell (1920) and Scott (1940); it was recombined as Archaeotherium potens by Galbreath (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Ammodon potens Marsh p. 410
1902Ammodon potens Hay p. 656
1909Pelonax potens Peterson
1920Pelonax potens Troxell
1940Pelonax potens Scott p. 441
1953Archaeotherium potens Galbreath

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyEntelodontoideaLydekker 1883
familyEntelodontidaeLydekker 1883
genusPelonaxCope 1873
speciespotens()

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.

†Pelonax potens Marsh 1893
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available