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Bessoecetor septentrionalis

Mammalia - Pantolestidae

Taxonomy
Diacodon septentrionalis was named by Russell (1929). Its type specimen is UALVP 126, a mandible (incomplete left dentary containing m3), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cochrane 1, which is in a Ti1 terrestrial horizon in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Propalaeosinopa septentrionalis by Fox (1990); it was recombined as Bessoecetor septentrionalis by Scott et al. (2002) and Scott et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Diacodon septentrionalis Russell
1935Palaeosinopa diluculi Simpson
1936Bessoecetor thomsoni Simpson
1937Bessoecetor diluculi Simpson
1967Propalaeosinopa diluculi Van Valen
1980Propalaeosinopa diluculi Rigby, Jr.
1981Propalaeosinopa thomsoni Rose
1982Propalaeosinopa thomsoni Winterfeld
1983Propalaeosinopa diluculi Krause and Gingerich
1986Propalaeosinopa thomsoni Hartman
1990Propalaeosinopa septentrionalis Fox
1995Propalaeosinopa diluculi Cifelli et al.
2002Bessoecetor septentrionalis Scott et al. p. 700
2013Bessoecetor septentrionalis Scott 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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Cimolesta()
suborderPantolesta
familyPantolestidaeCope 1884
genusBessoecetor
speciesseptentrionalis(Russell 1929)

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.

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Invalid names: Bessoecetor thomsoni Simpson 1936 [synonym], Palaeosinopa diluculi Simpson 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available