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Pentacemylus leotensis

Mammalia - Homacodontidae

Taxonomy
Pentacemylus leotensis was named by Gazin (1955). Its type specimen is PU 16310, a partial skull (Rostral portion of skull and left ramus of mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Pentacemylus leotensis Gazin p. 33
2007Pentacemylus leotensis Theodor et al. p. 53

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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()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyHomacodontidaeMarsh 1849
genusPentacemylus
speciesleotensis

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.

†Pentacemylus leotensis Gazin 1955
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. L. Gazin 1955Size distinctly smaller than Pentacemylus progressus. Premolars relatively small and separated by short diaste- mata anterior to P^ and P4.