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Simpsonodus chacensis

Mammalia - Diacodexeidae

Taxonomy
Pantolestes chacensis was named by Cope (1875) [AMNH 48694 is the neotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH 48694, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Trigonolestes chacensis by Matthew (1899) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Diacodexis chacensis by Sinclair (1914); it was recombined as Simpsonodus chacensis by Krishtalka and Stucky (1986), Stucky (1998) and Theodor et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Pantolestes chacensis Cope p. 15
1899Trigonolestes chacensis Matthew
1902Trigonolestes chacensis Hay p. 649
1914Diacodexis chacensis Sinclair
1986Simpsonodus chacensis Krishtalka and Stucky
1998Simpsonodus chacensis Stucky
2007Simpsonodus chacensis Theodor et al. p. 41

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
familyDiacodexeidae
genusSimpsonodus
specieschacensis()

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.

Simpsonodus chacensis Cope 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available