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Docodontidae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: †Incertae sedis
Ordo: †Docodonta
Familia: Docodontidae

Name

Docodontidae (Marsh 1887), Simpson, 1929

Synonyms

* Diplocynodontidae Marsh, 1887
* Dicrocynodontidae Osborn, 1888
* Docodontoidea Butler, 1939
* Pereiocynodontidae Kretzoi, 1946
* Tegotheriidae Tararinov, 1994

Genera

* Genus Acuoldulodon Hu, Meng & Clark, 2007
* Genus Borealestes Waldman & Savage, 1972
* Genus Castorocauda Ji, Luo, Yuan & Tabrum, 2006
* Genus Cyrtlatherium Freeman, 1979
* Genus Docodon Marsh, 1881
* Genus Dsungarodon Pfretzschner & Martin, 2005
* Genus Gondtherium Prasad & Manhas, 2007
* Genus Haldanodon Kühne & Krusat, 1972
* Genus Itatodon Lopatin & Averianov, 2005
* Genus Krusatodon Sigogneau-Russell, 2003
* Genus Peraiocynodon Simpson, 1928
* Genus Sibirotherium Maschenko, Lopatin & Voronkevich, 2002
* Genus Simpsonodon Kermack, Lee, Lees & Mussett, 1987
* Genus Tashkumyrodon Martin & Averianov, 2004
* Genus Tegotherium Tatarinov, 1994

Bibliography

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* Averianov A.O. (2004). Interpretation of the Early Cretaceous mammal Peraiocynodon (Docodonta) and taxonomy of some British Mesozoic docodonts. Russian Journal of Theriology 3 (1): 1-4.
* Averianov A.O., Lopatin A.V., Skutschas P.P., Martynovich N.V., Leshchinskiy S.V., Rezvyi A.S., Krasnolutskii S.A. & Fayngertz A.V. (2005). Discovery of Middle Jurassic mammals from Siberia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (4): 789-797.
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* Lopatin A.V. & Averianov A.O. (2005). A new docodon (Docodonta, Mammalia) from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia. Doklady Biological Services 405: 434-436.
* Luo Z. (2001). The inner ear and its bony housing in trtylodontids and implications for evolution of the mammalian ear. Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology 156 (1): 81-97.
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