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Phenacodus trilobatus

Mammalia - Phenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Phenacodus trilobatus was named by Cope (1881) [also said to be 1881].

It was synonymized subjectively with Phenacodus primaevus by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Phenacodus primaeous by Granger (1915).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. teilhardi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Phenacodus trilobatus Cope p. 200
1937Phenacodus robustus Simpson
1990Phenacodus trilobatus Thewissen
1995Phenacodus trilobatus O'Leary and Rose

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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
—Panperissodactyla
—Phenacodonta
familyPhenacodontidaeCope 1881
genusPhenacodus
speciestrilobatus

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 trilobatus Cope 1881
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Invalid names: Phenacodus robustus Simpson 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available