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Phenacodus vortmani

Mammalia - Phenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyracotherium vortmani was named by Cope (1880).

It was recombined as Phenacodus wortmani by Cope (1882); it was recombined as Trispondylus vortmani by Cope (1884); it was recombined as Phenacodus vortmani by Cope (1881), Hay (1902), Granger (1915), Thewissen (1990) and Rose et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Hyracotherium vortmani Cope p. 747
1881Phenacodus vortmani Cope p. 199
1882Phenacodus wortmani Cope p. 179
1882Phenacodus apternus Cope p. 180
1884Trispondylus vortmani Cope p. 900
1902Phenacodus vortmani Hay p. 605
1915Phenacodus copei Granger
1915Phenacodus vortmani Granger
1942Phenacodus almiensis Gazin
1990Phenacodus vortmani Thewissen
2012Phenacodus vortmani Rose et al.

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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
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
Phenacodonta
familyPhenacodontidaeCope 1881
genusPhenacodus
speciesvortmani()

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.

Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880
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Invalid names: Phenacodus almiensis Gazin 1942 [synonym], Phenacodus apternus Cope 1882 [synonym], Phenacodus copei Granger 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available