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Pyrodon xinjiangensis

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pyrodon xinjiangensis was named by Zhai (1978). It is not extant. Its type locality is Dabu, Shisanjianfang, Turpan basin, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial sandstone/sandstone in the Dabu Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pyrodon xinjiangensis Zhai

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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
—Uintatheriamorpha
orderDinocerata
familyProdinoceratidaeFlerov 1952
genusPyrodon
speciesxinjiangensis

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.

†Pyrodon xinjiangensis Zhai 1978
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Zhai 1978same as genus