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Telacodon laevis

Mammalia - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy
Telacodon laevis was named by Marsh (1892) [genotype]. Its type specimen is YPM 11780, a mandible (anterior part of a mandible with P2-4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 5, which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Telacodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Telacodon laevis Marsh p. 258 figs. pl. 9, fig. 3
1902Telacodon laevis Hay p. 566
1927Telacodon laevis Simpson p. 122
1929Telacodon laevis Simpson p. 138
1930Telacodon laevis Hay p. 396
1979Telacodon laevis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
2004Telacodon laevis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 508

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusTelacodon
specieslaevis

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.

†Telacodon laevis Marsh 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available