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Gypsonictops illuminatus

Osteichthyes - Gypsonictopidae

Taxonomy
Gypsonictops illuminatus was named by Lillegraven (1969). Its type specimen is UA 2447, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trochu (KUA-1), which is in a Lancian terrestrial claystone/siltstone in the Scollard Formation of Canada.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Gypsonictops illuminatus Lillegraven p. 51
1979Gypsonictops illuminatus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
2004Gypsonictops illuminatus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 506

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
superorderLeptictida
familyGypsonictopidaeVan Valen 1967
genusGypsonictops
speciesilluminatus

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.

†Gypsonictops illuminatus Lillegraven 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available