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Tinodon bellus

Mammalia - Tinodontidae

Taxonomy
Tinodon bellus was named by Marsh (1879). Its type specimen is YPM 11843, a mandible (right mandible with M1-4), 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 is the type species of Tinodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Tinodon bellus Marsh p. 216
1887Tinodon bellus Marsh p. 341
1902Tinodon bellus Hay p. 567
1925Tinodon bellus Simpson pp. 451-453
1929Tinodon bellus Simpson p. 39
1930Tinodon bellus Hay p. 371
1979Tinodon bellus Cassiliano and Clemens p. 151
2004Tinodon bellus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 364

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
familyTinodontidaeMarsh 1887
genusTinodon
speciesbellus

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.

Tinodon bellus Marsh 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available