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Daptocephalus

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Daptocephalus van Hoepen
2011Daptocephalus Kammerer et al. p. 136

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
genusDaptocephalusvan Hoepen 1934

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. †Daptocephalus van Hoepen 1934
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Daptocephalus huenei Haughton 1932
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Invalid names: Dicynodon broilii Boonstra 1948 [objective synonym]
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Invalid names: Daptocephalus osborni Broom 1921 [synonym], Daptocephalus watsoni Broom 1921 [synonym], Dicynodon daptocephaloides Toerien 1955 [synonym], Dicynodon leontocephalus Broom 1950 [synonym], Dicynodon leontops Broom 1913 [synonym], Dicynodon lissops Broom 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. F. Kammerer et al. 2011A very large Permian dicynodontoid characterized by the following unique combination of characters: a steeply angled, sloping snout, anteroposteriorly short premaxilla with weakly ‘hooked’ tip, ventrally directed caniniform process, ru- gose orbital rim, squamosal with broadly rounded dorsal margin in lateral view, postfrontals exposed as thin, strap-like bones at the anteromedian edges of the postorbitals, extremely long, nar- row intertemporal bar with extremely narrow or no median ex- posure of parietals, and vertical orientation of the postorbitals in the intertemporal bar.