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Dinophoneus ingens

Titanosuchidae

Taxonomy
Dinophoneus ingens was named by Broom (1923). Its type specimen is AMNH 5634 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kookfontein, Victoria West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

It was recombined as Jonkeria ingens by Boonstra (1936) and Boonstra (1969).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Dinophoneus ingens Broom
1929Jonkeria pugnax Broom
1936Jonkeria ingens Boonstra
1969Jonkeria ingens Boonstra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
Eutherapsida
suborderDinocephalia
infraorderTitanosuchida
superfamilyTitanosuchoideaBroom 1903
familyTitanosuchidaeBroom 1903
genusDinophoneusHoepen 1916
speciesingens

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.

Dinophoneus ingens Broom 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Dinophoneus ingens (type locality: 178870)