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Megagomphodon

Traversodontidae

Taxonomy
Megagomphodon was named by Romer (1972). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Traversodontidae by Romer (1972); and to Gomphodontosuchinae by Barbarena (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Megagomphodon Romer p. 6
1974Megagomphodon Barbarena p. 177 fig. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
—Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTraversodontidaeHuene 1936
subfamilyGomphodontosuchinaeWatson and Romer 1956
genusMegagomphodon

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. †Megagomphodon Romer 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available