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Herpetotherium innominatum

Mammalia - Groeberida

Taxonomy
Peratherium innominatum was named by Simpson (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Millersville, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Peradectes innominatus by Setoguchi (1973), Crochet (1979) and Bown (1982); it was recombined as Copedelphys innominata by Rothecker and Storer (1996); it was recombined as Herpetotherium innominatum by Rose et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Peratherium innominatum Simpson
1973Peradectes innominatus Setoguchi
1979Peradectes innominatus Crochet
1982Peradectes innominatus Bown
1983Peratherium innominatum Krishtalka and Stucky
1996Copedelphys innominata Rothecker and Storer p. 773
2012Herpetotherium innominatum Rose et al. p. 18

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
Didelphia
AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderGroeberidaPascual et al. 1994
Herpetotheriidae(Trouessart 1879)
genusHerpetotherium
speciesinnominatum

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available