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Lycaenops quadrata

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Dixeya quadrata was named by Haughton (1926). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-7856 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossils 'B2', Upper Bone Bed, Chiweta, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Chiweta Beds Formation of Malawi. It is the type species of Dixeya.

It was recombined as Aelurognathus quadrata by Sigogneau (1970); it was recombined as Lycaenops quadrata by Gebauer (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Dixeya quadrata Haughton
1970Aelurognathus quadrata Sigogneau
2007Lycaenops quadrata Gebauer

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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()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyGorgonopsinaeSigogneau-Russell 1970
genusLycaenopsBroom 1925
speciesquadrata()

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.

†Lycaenops quadrata Haughton 1926
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Diagnosis
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