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Galepus

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Galepus was named by Broom (1910). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Galeopsidae by Carroll (1988); to Galechiridae by King (1988); and to Chainosauria by Fröbisch and Reisz (2011).

Species
G. jouberti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Galepus Broom
1988Galepus Carroll
1988Galepus King
2011Galepus Fröbisch and Reisz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
—Chainosauria()
genusGalepusBroom 1910

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. †Galepus Broom 1910
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†Galepus jouberti Broom 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available