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Myosauroides minnaari

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Myosauroides minnaari was named by Broom (1941). Its type specimen is RC 54, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kleinfontein, Graaff-Reinet (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Myosauroides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Myosauroides minnaari Broom

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
superfamilyEmydopoideavan Hoepen 1934
subfamilyEmydopinae
tribeMyosaurini
genusMyosauroides
speciesminnaari

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.

†Myosauroides minnaari Broom 1941
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Diagnosis
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