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Ptilodus ferronensis

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae

Taxonomy
Ptilodus ferronensis was named by Gazin (1941). Its type specimen is USNM 16176, a mandible (fragment of right ramus of mandible with P4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dragon Canyon, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ptilodus mediaevus by Rigby (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Ptilodus ferronensis Gazin pp. 10 - 11 figs. Figure 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
speciesferronensis

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 ferronensis Gazin 1941
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Diagnosis
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