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Eutemnodus

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Eutemnodus was named by Bravard (1858) [a nomen nudum in Bravard 1858 and validated by Burmeister 1891 according to Riggs 1934]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hyaenodon by Lydekker (1885).

It was assigned to Borhyaenidae by Marshall (1978) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Borhyaeninae by Forasiepi et al. (2007).

Synonyms
  • Apera was named by Ameghino (1886).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Eutemnodus by Marshall (1978).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Eutemnodus Bravard p. 16
1886Apera Ameghino p. 13
1978Eutemnodus Marshall
1997Eutemodus McKenna and Bell
2007Eutemnodus Forasiepi 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
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
superfamilyBorhyaenoideaAmeghino 1894
Borhyaenidae()
subfamilyBorhyaeninaeAmeghino 1894
genusEutemnodusBravard 1858

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. †Eutemnodus Bravard 1858
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Eutemnodus acutidens Riggs and Patterson
Eutemnodus americanus Bravard 1858
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Invalid names: Apera sanguinaria Ameghino 1886 [synonym], Hyaenodon sudamericanus Burmeister 1891 [synonym]
Eutemnodus propampina Ameghino 1891
Invalid names: Apera Ameghino 1886 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available