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Enneodon affinis

Mammalia - Pantotheria - Dicrocynodontidae

Taxonomy
Enneodon affinis was named by Marsh (1887). Its type specimen is USNM 2129, a mandible (left mandible with C, P1, P3-4, and M2-4), 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 was recombined as Ennacodon affinis by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Docodon affinis by Simpson (1929), Kron (1979) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Enneodon affinis Marsh p. 339
1902Ennacodon affinis Hay p. 568
1929Docodon affinis Simpson pp. 86, 94-95
1930Enneodon affinis Hay p. 375
1979Docodon affinis Kron p. 91
2004Docodon affinis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 196-197

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
orderPantotheria
familyDicrocynodontidaeMarsh
genusEnneodonMarsh
speciesaffinis

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.

Enneodon affinis Marsh 1887
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Diagnosis
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