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Prothryptacodon ambiguus

Mammalia - Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae

Taxonomy
Pantinomia ambigua was named by Van Valen (1967). Its type specimen is AMNH 16591, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pantinomia.

It was recombined as Prothryptacodon ambiguus by Van Valen (1978), Tsentas (1981), Williamson and Lucas (1993) and Williamson (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Pantinomia ambigua Van Valen
1978Prothryptacodon ambiguus Van Valen
1981Prothryptacodon ambiguus Tsentas
1993Prothryptacodon ambiguus Williamson and Lucas
1996Prothryptacodon ambiguus Williamson

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
familyOxyclaenidae
genusProthryptacodon
speciesambiguus()

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.

†Prothryptacodon ambiguus Van Valen 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available