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Psalodon potens

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Allodontidae

Taxonomy
Ctenacodon potens was named by Marsh (1887). Its type specimen is YPM 11834, a maxilla (right upper jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Psalodon.

It was recombined as Psalodon potens by Simpson (1927), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Hahn (1971), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Ctenacodon potens Marsh
1902Ctenacodon potens Hay p. 558
1927Psalodon potens Simpson pp. 37-38
1929Psalodon potens Simpson p. 26
1930Psalodon potens Hay p. 378
1971Psalodon potens Hahn p. 36
1979Psalodon potens Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101
2004Psalodon potens Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 303

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
genusPsalodonSimpson 1926
speciespotens()

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.

Psalodon potens Marsh 1887
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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: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Jenkins and Krause 1983

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Ctenacodon potens (type locality: 12816)