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Lycaenops angusticeps

Osteichthyes - Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy

Scymnognathus angusticeps was named by Broom (1913). Its type specimen is AMNH 5537, a skull (Crushed skull with dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wilgerbosch, New Bethesda, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Lycaenoides.

It was recombined as Lycaenoides angusticeps by Broom (1932); it was recombined as Lycaenops angusticeps by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

Synonyms

Scymnognathus major was named by Olson and Broom (1937). Its type specimen is UC 1513, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brakwater, Murraysburg, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lycaenops angusticeps by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).
Scymnognathus minor was named by Broom (1913). Its type specimen is AMNH 5535, a skeleton (Skull with skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is New Bethesda Commonage, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lycaenops angusticeps by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1913	Scymnognathus angusticeps Broom
1913	Scymnognathus minor Broom
1925	Scymnognathus minor Broom
1932	Lycaenoides angusticeps Broom
1937	Scymnognathus major Olson and Broom pp. 613-614 figs. 1-2
1989	Lycaenops angusticeps Sigogneau-Russell

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
suborder	Gorgonopsia
family	Gorgonopidae	(Lydekker 1890)
subfamily	Gorgonopsinae	Sigogneau-Russell 1970
genus	Lycaenops	Broom 1925
species	angusticeps	(Broom 1913)

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.

†Lycaenops angusticeps Broom 1913

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Invalid names: Scymnognathus major Olson and Broom 1937 [synonym], Scymnognathus minor Broom 1913 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

planktonicp

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:34:07

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:34:07

Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	South Africa (Western Cape)	Scymnognathus major (178866)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian	259.51 - 251.902	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	Scymnognathus angusticeps (type locality: 176312) Scymnognathus minor (80219)