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Ptolemaia grangeri

Osteichthyes - Ptolemaiida - Ptolemaiidae

Taxonomy
Ptolemaia grangeri was named by Bown and Simons (1987). Its type specimen is CGM 42843, a tooth (left m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry V (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Entered
by K. Beard on 2014-09-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Ptolemaia grangeri Bown and Simons
2010Ptolemaia grangeri Gunnell et al. p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderPtolemaiidaSimons and Bown 1995
familyPtolemaiidae
genusPtolemaia
speciesgrangeri

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.

†Ptolemaia grangeri Bown and Simons 1987
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Diagnosis
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