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Charassognathus gracilis

Osteichthyes - Charassognathidae

Taxonomy
Charassognathus gracilis was named by Botha et al. (2007). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-K10369, a partial skeleton (complete skull with lower jaw and some cervicals, ribs and limb elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Willodene Farm, Locality 16, which is in a Wuchiapingian crevasse splay mudstone/siltstone in the Teekloof Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Charassognathus gracilis Botha et al. p. 478 figs. 3, 4

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
familyCharassognathidae
genusCharassognathus
speciesgracilis

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.

†Charassognathus gracilis Botha et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available