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Spalacotheroides bridwelli

Mammalia - Spalacotheriidae

Taxonomy
Spalacotheroides bridwelli was named by Patterson (1955) [genotype]. Its type specimen is CHMN-PM 933, a mandible, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Greenwood Canyon, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Antlers Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Spalacotheroides.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Cifelli et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Spalacotheroides bridwelli Patterson
1956Spalacotheroides bridwelli Patterson pp. 10-12 fig. 1
1979Spalacotheroides bridwelli Cassiliano and Clemens p. 151
2004Spalacotheroides bridwelli Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 369-370

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Spalacotherioidea
familySpalacotheriidaeMarsh 1887
subfamilySpalacolestinae
genusSpalacotheroides
speciesbridwelli

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.

Spalacotheroides bridwelli Patterson 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available