generically distinct from the Diadectes type species, informally renaming it Oradectes, although this genus is not valid under ICZN rules due to it having been...

paraphyly in his analysis and proposed the new genus name "Oradectes" for D. sanmiguelensis, and "Silvadectes" for D. absitus. Below is the cladogram from...

Oradectes sanmiguelensis...

include D. abstus and D. sanmiguelensis. D. sanmiguelensis, the more basal of the two forms, was placed in the new genus "Oradectes". D. abstus was renamed...

subcrenulata †Ophiacodon †Ophiopolytretus †Ophiopolytretus aethus †Oradectes †Oradectes sanmiguelensis – type locality for species †Ormoceras †Ormoceras pollacki...