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Bolodon
Taxonomy
Bolodon was named by Owen (1871) [synonym of Plioprion, Cope 1884]. Its type is Bolodon crassidens.
It was assigned to Mammalia by Owen (1871); to Allodontidae by Marsh (1889); to Allotheria by Marsh (1889); to Bolodontidae by Lydekker (1894); to Kuehneodontinae by Hahn (1971), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979); to Plagiaulacinae by Kielan-Jaworowska and Ensom (1992); to Paulchoffatiidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Plagiaulacidae by Marsh (1887), Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929), Huene (1940), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Cifelli et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Mammalia by Owen (1871); to Allodontidae by Marsh (1889); to Allotheria by Marsh (1889); to Bolodontidae by Lydekker (1894); to Kuehneodontinae by Hahn (1971), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979); to Plagiaulacinae by Kielan-Jaworowska and Ensom (1992); to Paulchoffatiidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Plagiaulacidae by Marsh (1887), Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929), Huene (1940), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Cifelli et al. (2014).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1871 | Bolodon Owen p. 54 |
| 1884 | Plioprion Cope |
| 1887 | Bolodon Marsh pp. 329-330 |
| 1889 | Bolodon Marsh |
| 1894 | Bolodon Lydekker p. 283 |
| 1928 | Bolodon Simpson p. 42 |
| 1929 | Bolodon Simpson p. 11 |
| 1940 | Bolodon Huene p. 9 |
| 1971 | Bolodon Hahn p. 39 |
| 1971 | Plioprion Hahn p. 39 |
| 1979 | Bolodon Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101 |
| 1979 | Plioprion Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101 |
| 1992 | Bolodon Kielan-Jaworowska and Ensom |
| 1997 | Bolodon McKenna and Bell |
| 1997 | Plioprion McKenna and Bell |
| 2001 | Bolodon Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 414 |
| 2004 | Bolodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 315 figs. 8.9, 8.34B, 8.35B, 8.36A |
| 2014 | Bolodon Cifelli et al. fig. 5B |
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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. †Bolodon Owen 1871
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†Bolodon crassidens Owen 1871
†Bolodon elongatus Simpson 1928
†Bolodon falconeri Owen 1871
†Bolodon hydei Cifelli et al. 2014
†Bolodon minor Falconer 1857
†Bolodon osborni Simpson 1928
Invalid names: Plioprion Cope 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 208.50000 to 140.20000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rhaetian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | B. sp. (194663) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | B. sp., B. osborni (28401) | |
| Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | B. crassidens, B. osborni, B. elongatus, Plioprion minor, Plagiaulax falconeri (72142) | |
| Late/Upper Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian | USA (South Dakota) | B. hydei (135449) |