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Desmatoclaenus protogonioides

Mammalia - Condylarthra

Taxonomy
Mioclaenus protogonioides was named by Cope (1882).

It was recombined as Claenodon protogonioides by Scott (1892), Hay (1902) and Gidley (1919); it was recombined as Claenodon protogoniodes by Matthew (1897) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Protogonodon protogonioides by Matthew (1937); it was recombined as Desmatoclaenus protogonioides by Van Valen (1978), Middleton (1983), Williamson and Lucas (1993), Cifelli et al. (1995), Williamson (1996) and Hunter (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Mioclaenus protogonioides Cope p. 833
1888Mioclaenus protogonioides Cope p. 329
1892Claenodon protogonioides Scott
1897Claenodon protogoniodes Matthew p. 291
1902Claenodon protogonioides Hay p. 747
1919Claenodon protogonioides Gidley
1930Claenodon protogoniodes Hay p. 464
1937Protogonodon protogonioides Matthew
1978Desmatoclaenus protogonioides Van Valen
1983Desmatoclaenus protogonioides Middleton
1993Desmatoclaenus protogonioides Williamson and Lucas
1995Desmatoclaenus protogonioides Cifelli et al.
1996Desmatoclaenus protogonioides Williamson
1997Desmatoclaenus protogonioides Hunter

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
genusDesmatoclaenus
speciesprotogonioides()

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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Diagnosis
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