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Huerfanodon

Mammalia

Taxonomy

Huerfanodon was named by Schoch and Lucas (1981). It is not extant. Its type is Huerfanodon torrejonius.

It was assigned to Taeniodonta by Lucas et al. (1998); to Conoryctidae by Schoch and Lucas (1981) and Lucas et al. (1998); and to Conoryctidae by Rook and Hunter (2011) and Williamson and Brusatte (2013).

Species

H. heilprinianus, H. polecatensis, H. torrejonius (type species)

Synonyms

Triisodon heilprinianus was named by Cope (1882). Its type specimen is AMNH 3224, a mandible (left dentary fragment with M2), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mioclaenus heilprinianus by Cope (1888); it was recombined as Eoconodon heilprinianus by Matthew and Granger (1921) and Matthew (1937); it was synonymized subjectively with Conoryctes comma by Van Valen (1978); it was considered a nomen dubium by Schoch and Lucas (1981), Schoch (1986), Williamson and Lucas (1993) and Williamson (1996).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1882	Triisodon heilprinianus Cope p. 193
1888	Mioclaenus heilprinianus Cope
1892	Triisodon heilprinianus Scott p. 301
1897	Triisodon heilprinianus Matthew pp. 279 - 280
1902	Triisodon heilprinianus Hay p. 748
1921	Eoconodon heilprinianus Matthew and Granger
1930	Triisodon heilprinianus Hay p. 465
1937	Eoconodon heilprinianus Matthew
1981	Huerfanodon Schoch and Lucas
1998	Huerfanodon Lucas et al.
2011	Huerfanodon Rook and Hunter
2013	Huerfanodon Williamson and Brusatte

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Taeniodonta	(Cope 1876)
—	Conoryctidae	(Wortman 1896)
genus	Huerfanodon

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.

G. †Huerfanodon Schoch and Lucas 1981

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†Huerfanodon polecatensis Schoch and Lucas 1981

†Huerfanodon torrejonius Schoch and Lucas 1981

Invalid names: Huerfanodon heilprinianus Cope 1882 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available