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Polymastodon selenodus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae

Taxonomy
Polymastodon selenodus was named by Osborn and Earle (1895).

It was synonymized subjectively with Taeniolabis taoensis by Granger and Simpson (1929), Matthew (1937) and Simmons (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Polymastodon selenodus Osborn and Earle
1902Polymastodon selenodus Hay p. 563
1930Polymastodon selenodus Hay p. 384

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyTaeniolabidoidea()
familyTaeniolabididaeGranger and Simpson 1929
genusPolymastodonCope 1882
speciesselenodusOsborn and Earle 1895

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.

†Polymastodon selenodus Osborn and Earle 1895
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Diagnosis
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