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Leucocephalus wewersi

Burnetiidae

Taxonomy
Leucocephalus wewersi was named by Day et al. (2018). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SAM-PK-K11112, a skull. Its type locality is Amandelboom farm, which is in a Wuchiapingian fluvial siltstone in the Teekloof Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Leucocephalus wewersi Day et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderBiarmosuchia
—Burnetiamorpha()
familyBurnetiidae()
genusLeucocephalus
specieswewersi

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.

†Leucocephalus wewersi Day et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available