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Iridodon

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Iridodon was named by Morlo and Gunnell (2003). Its type is Iridodon datzae.

It was assigned to Limnocyoninae by Morlo and Gunnell (2003), Morlo and Gunnell (2005) and Solé (2013).

Species
I. datzae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Iridodon Morlo and Gunnell p. 67 fig. 17
2005Iridodon Morlo and Gunnell p. 251
2013Iridodon Solé

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
subfamilyLimnocyoninae
genusIridodon

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.

G. †Iridodon Morlo and Gunnell 2003
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†Iridodon datzae Morlo and Gunnell 2003
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Morlo and G. F. Gunnell 2003Iridodon differs from Prolimnocyon in lacking M3, from Limnocyon in being
much smaller and having much more slender premolars, from Oxyaenodon in having basined molar talonids, and from Thinocyon in lacking a bowed dentary, in having the M1-2 cristid obliqua angled about 30° labially, and in having a narrower M1.