Ctenacodon

:''See also'' Ctenacodon (Plagiaulacidae), ''another extinct genus of the Jurassic with the same name.''
* ''C. laticeps'' * ''C. nanus'' * ''C. scindens'' * ''C. serratus'' * doubtful ''C. falconeri''? * not ''"C. brentbaatar"'' ''Ctenacodon'' is a genus of extinct mammal that lived in what is now North America during the Upper Jurassic period. It's a member of the family Allodontidae within the order Multituberculata. ''Ctenacodon'' was named by Othniel Marsh in 1879. At least four species are currently recognized. The genus ''Ctenacodon'' ("comb tooth") was named by Othniel Marsh in 1879. It is also known as ''Allodon'' (Marsh 1881). ==Species== The species ''Ctenacodon laticeps'' was named by Marsh in 1881 and Simpson G.G. in 1927. It has also been known as ''Allodon laticeps'' (Marsh 1881). Remains were found in the Upper Jurassic stratum of the Morrison Formation in Wyoming (USA). The holotype, collected by Reed W.H. in 1880, is in the Peabody Museum of Yale University. The species ''Ctenacodon nanus'' was named by Marsh in 1881. Remains were also found in Jurassic strata of the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. The type fossil for this species is also at Yale. The species ''Ctenacodon scindens'' was named by Simpson G.G. in 1928.
Remains were found in Jurassic strata of the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. This species was originally assigned to ''C. serratus''. The species ''Ctenacodon serratus'', also named by Marsh in 1879, is also known from the Morrison Formation. ''"Ctenacodon" brentbaatar'' is to be assigned to a separate genus. == References == *Simpson (1927), "Mesozoic Mammalia. VII. Taxonomy of Morrison multituberculates". ''Am. J. Sci.'' (5) xiv, p.36-38. * Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". ''Paleontology'' 44, p.389-429. * Marsh (1879), "Notice of new Jurassic mammals". ''Amer. J. of Sci.'', 3pp., xviii. Mesozoic mammals

Ctenacodon

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