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Cricodon metabolus

Osteichthyes - Trirachodontidae

Taxonomy
Cricodon metabolus was named by Crompton (1955). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Njalila, Loc. B11, which is in an Anisian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/siltstone in the Manda Beds Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Cricodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Cricodon metabolus Crompton p. 618

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
—Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTrirachodontidaeRomer 1967
genusCricodon
speciesmetabolus

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.

†Cricodon metabolus Crompton 1955
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Diagnosis
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