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Alopecognathus angusticeps

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae

Taxonomy
Alopecognathus angusticeps was named by Broom (1915). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 5559. It is the type species of Alopecognathus.

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by M. Carrano on 2006-03-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Alopecognathus angusticeps Broom p. 116 fig. 6

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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()
orderTherocephalia
familyPristerognathidaeBroom 1908
genusAlopecognathus
speciesangusticeps

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.

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Diagnosis
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