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Loxolophus pentacus

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Mioclaenus pentacus was named by Cope (1888).

It was recombined as Protogonodon pentacus by Scott (1892), Earle (1893), Osborn and Earle (1895), Matthew (1897), Hay (1902) and Matthew (1937); it was recombined as Loxolophus pentacus by Van Valen (1969), Van Valen (1971), Van Valen (1978), Tomida (1981), Middleton (1983), Robison (1986), Archibald et al. (1987), Cifelli et al. (1995) and Williamson (1996).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Mioclaenus pentacus Cope p. 325
1888Chriacus ruetimeyerianus Cope p. 340
1892Protogonodon pentacus Scott p. 322
1892Paradoxodon rutimeyerianus Scott p. 323
1893Protogonodon pentacus Earle
1895Protogonodon pentacus Osborn and Earle
1897Mioclaenus ruetimeyerianus Matthew
1897Protogonodon pentacus Matthew
1902Protogonodon pentacus Hay p. 603
1902Paradoxodon ruetimeyeranus Hay p. 762
1937Protogonodon pentacus Matthew
1937Protogonodon ruetimeyerianus Matthew
1969Loxolophus pentacus Van Valen
1971Loxolophus pentacus Van Valen
1978Loxolophus pentacus Van Valen
1981Loxolophus pentacus Tomida
1983Loxolophus pentacus Middleton
1986Loxolophus pentacus Robison
1987Loxolophus pentacus Archibald et al.
1995Loxolophus pentacus Cifelli et al.
1996Loxolophus pentacus Williamson

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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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusLoxolophus
speciespentacus()

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.

Loxolophus pentacus Cope 1888
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Invalid names: Chriacus ruetimeyerianus Cope 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available