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Subcyclotosaurus brookvalensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Taxonomy
Subcyclotosaurus brookvalensis was named by Watson (1958). Its type specimen is AM F47499, a partial skull (Mould of skull roof), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Beacon Hill Quarry (AM collection), which is in an Anisian lacustrine - small shale in the Hawkesbury Sandstone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Subcyclotosaurus.

It was recombined as Parotosaurus brookvalensis by Welles and Cosgriff (1965); it was considered a nomen dubium by Schoch and Milner (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Subcyclotosaurus brookvalensis Watson p. 258
1965Parotosaurus brookvalensis Welles and Cosgriff
2001Subcyclotosaurus brookvalensis Damiani p. 436
2023Subcyclotosaurus brookvalensis Poropat et al. p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
Capitosauroidea()
familyMastodonsauridaeLydekker 1885
genusSubcyclotosaurus
speciesbrookvalensis

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.

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