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Titanoides looki

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Sparactolambda looki was named by Patterson (1939) [genotype]. Its type specimen is FMNH P15520, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sparactolambda Quarry, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Sparactolambda.

It was synonymized subjectively with Titanoides primaevus by Simons (1960) and Gingerich and Childress (1983); it was recombined as Titanoides looki by Gingerich (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Sparactolambda looki Patterson
1996Titanoides looki Gingerich

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Cimolesta()
suborderPantodonta(Cope 1873)
superfamilyPantolambdoideaCope 1883
subfamilyTitanoideidae
genusTitanoides
specieslooki()

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.

Titanoides looki Patterson 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available