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Taxon: Superfamily †Ptilodontoidea Gregory & Simpson, 1926 (1887) (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Gregory & Simpson, 1926 (1887)) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Original name:  Cope, 1887: 567.
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.):  McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. 1997. Classif. Mamm.: 39 ("Cope, 1887:567, new rank").

Types

Type, by inheritance: †Ptilodus (Genus) Cope, 1881 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 39. [new] [inferred]

Variants

Basionym: †Ptilodontidae (Family) Gregory & Simpson, 1926 (1887) Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 39. [new]
Former rank: †Ptilodontoidea (Suborder) Sloan & Van Valen, 1965 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 39. [new]
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