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Ptilodus montanus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae

Taxonomy
Ptilodus montanus was named by Douglass (1908). Its type locality is Silberling Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the "Fort Union" (= Lebo) Formation of Montana.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Ptilodus montanus Douglass
1930Ptilodus admirabilis Hay
1969Ptilodus montanus Gazin p. 3

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyPtilodontidaeCope 1887
genusPtilodus
speciesmontanus

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.

Ptilodus montanus Douglass 1908
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Invalid names: Ptilodus admirabilis Hay 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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