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Allodontidae

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Allodontidae

Taxonomy
Allodontidae was named by Marsh (1889). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bolodontidae by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Plagiaulacida by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Multituberculata by Weaver et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Allodontidae Marsh p. 179
2001Allodontidae Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 411
2004Allodontidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 301
2020Allodontidae Weaver 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
familyAllodontidae
familyAllodontidae

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.

Fm. †Allodontidae Marsh 1889
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G. †Ctenacodon Marsh 1879
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Ctenacodon brentbaatar Bakker 1998
Ctenacodon laticeps Marsh 1881
Ctenacodon minor Falconer 1857
Ctenacodon scindens Simpson 1928
Ctenacodon serratus Marsh 1879
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Invalid names: Ctenacodon nanus Marsh 1881 [synonym]
Invalid names: Allodon Marsh 1881 [synonym]
G. †Psalodon Simpson 1926
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Psalodon fortis Marsh 1887
Psalodon marshi Simpson 1929
Psalodon potens Marsh 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 150.80000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Utah) Ctenacodon sp. (53035)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Allodontidae indet., Psalodon marshi (49636) Ctenacodon brentbaatar (230770 230772 231548) Ctenacodon serratus, Ctenacodon nanus, Ctenacodon potens, Allodon laticeps, Allodon fortis, Ctenacodon scindens, Psalodon marshi (12816)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Ctenacodon sp., Psalodon sp. (56654)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Plagiaulax minor (72142)