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Molgophis

Osteichthyes - Molgophidae

Taxonomy
Molgophis was named by Cope (1868). It is the type genus of Molgophidae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Brachydectes by Pardo and Anderson (2016).

It was assigned to Microsauria by Cope (1869); to Molgophidae by Cope (1875), Hay (1902); to Lysorophidae by Carroll (1988); and to Lysorophia by Carroll et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Molgophis Cope p. 220
1869Molgophis Cope p. 20
1875Molgophis Cope p. 11
1902Molgophis Hay p. 412
1988Molgophis Carroll
1998Molgophis Carroll et al. p. 144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RecumbirostraAnderson 2007
familyMolgophidae
genusMolgophis

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.

G. †Molgophis Cope 1868
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Molgophis macrurus Cope 1868
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Invalid names: Molgophis brevicostatus Cope 1875 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available