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Achaenodon uintense

Mammalia - Helohyidae

Taxonomy
Protelotherium uintense was named by Osborn (1895). Its type specimen is AMNH 1822, a partial skull (Skull with shattered teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wagonhound Canyon (Uinta B2), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Achaenodon uintensis by Gazin (1955); it was recombined as Achaenodon uintense by Peterson (1919) and Foss (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Protelotherium uintense Osborn
1902Protelotherium uintense Hay p. 654
1919Achaenodon uintense Peterson p. 80
1955Achaenodon uintensis Gazin
2007Achaenodon uintense Foss p. 86

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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
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyHelohyidae
genusAchaenodon()
speciesuintense(Osborn 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.

†Achaenodon uintense Osborn 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available