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Pogonodon platycopis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Taxonomy
Hoplophoneus platycopis was named by Cope (1879). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is John Day Units E and F, which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the John Day Formation of Oregon. It is the type species of Pogonodon.

It was recombined as Dinictis platycopis by Adams (1896) and Macdonald (1970); it was recombined as Deinictis platycopis by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Nimravus platycopis by Matthew (1910) and Fremd (1994); it was recombined as Pogonodon platycopis by Cope (1880), Merriam (1906), Thorpe (1920), Eaton (1922), Bryant (1996) and Barrett (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Hoplophoneus platycopis Cope p. 798b
1880Pogonodon platycopis Cope p. 847
1896Dinictis platycopis Adams
1902Deinictis platycopis Hay p. 780
1906Pogonodon platycopis Merriam
1910Nimravus platycopis Matthew
1920Pogonodon platycopis Thorpe
1920Pogonodon cismontanus Thorpe p. 222 fig. 5
1922Pogonodon platycopis Eaton
1936Dinictis cismontanus Scott and Jepsen
1970Dinictis platycopis Macdonald
1994Nimravus platycopis Fremd
1996Pogonodon platycopis Bryant
2016Pogonodon platycopis Barrett p. 46

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
familyNimravidaeCope 1880
genusPogonodonCope 1880
speciesplatycopis()

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.

†Pogonodon platycopis Cope 1879
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Invalid names: Pogonodon cismontanus Thorpe 1920 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Z. Barrett 2016Characters of Pogonodon plus: basilar length 205 mm and greater, mesial-distal length of upper canine greater than that of P4.