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Taeniolabis taoensis

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae

Taxonomy
Polymastodon taoensis was named by Cope (1882) [genotype]. It is the type species of Polymastodon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Taeniolabis sulcatus by Osborn (1930); it was recombined as Taeniolabis taoensis by Granger and Simpson (1929), Matthew (1937), Simmons (1986), Simmons (1987), Eberle and Lillegraven (1998) and Williamson et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Taeniolabis sulcatus Cope
1882Polymastodon taoensis Cope p. 684
1882Catopsalis pollux Cope p. 685
1885Polymastodon latimolis Cope p. 385
1885Polymastodon taoensis Cope p. 493
1895Polymastodon selenodus Osborn and Earle
1902Polymastodon taoensis Hay p. 562
1902Taeniolabis sulcatus Hay p. 562
1902Polymastodon latimolis Hay p. 563
1902Polymastodon selenodus Hay p. 563
1929Taeniolabis taoensis Granger and Simpson
1929Taeniolabis triserialis Granger and Simpson
1937Taeniolabis taoensis Matthew
1986Taeniolabis taoensis Simmons
1987Taeniolabis taoensis Simmons
1998Taeniolabis taoensis Eberle and Lillegraven
2016Taeniolabis taoensis Williamson 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()
superfamilyTaeniolabidoidea()
familyTaeniolabididaeGranger and Simpson 1929
genusTaeniolabisCope 1882
speciestaoensis()

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.

Taeniolabis taoensis Cope 1882
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Invalid names: Catopsalis pollux Cope 1882 [synonym], Polymastodon latimolis Cope 1885 [synonym], Polymastodon selenodus Osborn and Earle 1895 [synonym], Taeniolabis sulcatus Cope 1882 [synonym], Taeniolabis triserialis Granger and Simpson 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available