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Astroconodon
Taxonomy
Astroconodon was named by Patterson (1951). It is not extant. Its type is Astroconodon denisoni.
It was assigned to Triconodontinae by Patterson (1956); to Triconodontidae by Patterson (1951), Jenkins and Crompton (1979), Rasmussen and Callison (1981), Carroll (1988), Cifelli et al. (1998), Gao et al. (2010); and to Alticonodontinae by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Gaetano and Rougier (2011).
It was assigned to Triconodontinae by Patterson (1956); to Triconodontidae by Patterson (1951), Jenkins and Crompton (1979), Rasmussen and Callison (1981), Carroll (1988), Cifelli et al. (1998), Gao et al. (2010); and to Alticonodontinae by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Gaetano and Rougier (2011).
Species
A. delicatus, A. denisoni (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1951 | Astroconodon Patterson |
| 1956 | Astroconodon Patterson p. 8 |
| 1979 | Astroconodon Jenkins and Crompton p. 75 |
| 1981 | Astroconodon Rasmussen and Callison p. 629 |
| 1988 | Astroconodon Carroll |
| 1998 | Astroconodon Cifelli et al. p. 239 |
| 2004 | Astroconodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 248 fig. 7.16C |
| 2010 | Astroconodon Gao et al. |
| 2011 | Astroconodon Gaetano and Rougier p. 839 fig. 7 |
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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. †Astroconodon Patterson 1951
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†Astroconodon delicatus Cifelli and Madsen 1998
†Astroconodon denisoni Patterson 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 119.57000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Aptian | USA (Texas) | A. denisoni (14408) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | USA (Oklahoma) | A. denisoni (14374 14392) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | USA (Texas) | A. denisoni (14388) Triconodonta indet. (14375) | |
| Albian | USA (Texas) | A. denisoni (14390 14391 14411) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | A. delicatus (14399 14402 14405 14407) Triconodonta indet. (14396) |