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Vetusodon elikhulu

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Vetusodon elikhulu was named by Abdala et al. (2019). Its type specimen is BP/1/7971, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Little Tugela River, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Vetusodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Vetusodon elikhulu Abdala et al. p. 987 figs. 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
genusVetusodon
specieselikhulu

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.

†Vetusodon elikhulu Abdala et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available