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Phenacops incerta

Mammalia - Leptictidae

Taxonomy
Phenacops incerta was named by Matthew (1909). Its type specimen is AMNH 12092, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Henry's Fork Hill (Bridger C), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Phenacops.

It was synonymized subjectively with Didelphodus altidens by McKenna et al. (1962) and Van Valen (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Phenacops incerta Matthew
1930Phenacops incerta Hay p. 433

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
superorderLeptictida
familyLeptictidaeGill 1872
subfamilyDidelphodontinaeMatthew 1918
genusPhenacops
speciesincerta

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.

†Phenacops incerta Matthew 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available