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Compsodon helmoedi

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Compsodon helmoedi was named by Van Hoepen (1934). Its type specimen is NMQR 1460, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kranskraal, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in the Normandien Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Compsodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Compsodon helmoedi Van Hoepen
2014Compsodon helmoedi Angielczyk et al.
2017Compsodon helmoedi Angielczyk and Kammerer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
superfamilyEmydopoideavan Hoepen 1934
genusCompsodon
specieshelmoedi

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.

†Compsodon helmoedi Van Hoepen 1934
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Diagnosis
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