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Diacodexis metsiacus

Mammalia - Diacodexeidae

Taxonomy
Pantolestes metsiacus was named by Cope (1882).

It was recombined as Trigonolestes metsiacus by Matthew (1899) and Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Diacodexis chacensis by Sinclair (1914); it was recombined as Diacodexis metsiacus by McKenna (1960), Guthrie (1967), Delson (1971), Rose (1982) and Krishtalka and Stucky (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Pantolestes metsiacus Cope pp. 149-150
1899Trigonolestes metsiacus Matthew
1902Trigonolestes metsiacus Hay p. 649
1960Diacodexis metsiacus McKenna
1967Diacodexis metsiacus Guthrie
1971Diacodexis metsiacus Delson
1982Diacodexis metsiacus Rose p. 621
1985Diacodexis metsiacus Krishtalka and Stucky

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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
genusDiacodexis
speciesmetsiacus()

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.

Diacodexis metsiacus Cope 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available