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Anconodon gidleyi

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae

Taxonomy
Ptilodus gidleyi was named by Simpson (1935) [not disputed by Robison 1986 or Eberle and Lillegraven 1998a]. Its type locality is Gidley Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Anconodon gidleyi by Jepsen (1940), Sloan (1981) and Scott et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Ptilodus gidleyi Simpson
1940Anconodon gidleyi Jepsen
1981Anconodon gidleyi Sloan
2013Anconodon gidleyi Scott et al.

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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()
familyCimolodontidaeMarsh 1889
genusAnconodon
speciesgidleyi()

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.

†Anconodon gidleyi Simpson 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available