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Anningia

Varanopidae

Taxonomy
Anningia was named by Broom (1927). It is not extant. Its type is Anningia megalops. It is the type genus of Anningiidae.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Amniota by Reisz and Dilkes (1992).

It was assigned to Varanopsidae by Romer and Price (1940); to Anningiidae by Kuhn (1966); to Pelycosauria by Reisz (1986); and to Afrothyra by Spindler et al. (2018).

Species
A. megalops (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Anningia Broom
1940Anningia Romer and Price p. 18
1966Anningia Kuhn p. 122
1986Anningia Reisz p. 86
2018Anningia Spindler et al.

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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
suborderEupelycosauria
familyVaranopidae()
Neovaranopsia
subfamilyMesenosaurinae
Afrothyra
genusAnningiaBroom 1927

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. †Anningia Broom 1927
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Anningia megalops Broom 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available