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Simidectes magnus

Mammalia - Acreodi

Taxonomy
Pleurocyon magnus was named by Peterson (1919) ["genotype"]. Its type specimen is C. M. No. 2928, a mandible (symphysis of lower jaws with left ramus nearly complete and a portion of the dentition in place), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Petersonella magna by Kraglievich (1948); it was recombined as Simidectes magnus by Coombs (1971), Gustafson (1979), Wilson and Stevens (1986) and Westgate (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Pleurocyon magnus Peterson p. 52
1948Petersonella magna Kraglievich
1971Simidectes magnus Coombs
1979Simidectes magnus Gustafson
1986Simidectes magnus Wilson and Stevens
1990Simidectes magnus Westgate

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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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
Mesonychia
genusSimidectes()
speciesmagnus()

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.

Simidectes magnus Peterson 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available