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Tappenosauridae
Taxonomy
Tappenosauridae was named by Olson and Beerbower (1953). It is not extant. Its type is Tappenosaurus.
It was assigned to Eodeinocephalia by Olson (1962); and to Sphenacodontia by Olson and Beerbower (1953), Kuhn (1966).
It was assigned to Eodeinocephalia by Olson (1962); and to Sphenacodontia by Olson and Beerbower (1953), Kuhn (1966).
Subtaxa
Tappenosaurus (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Tappenosauridae Olson and Beerbower p. 409 |
| 1962 | Tappenosauridae Olson pp. 48, 74, 89 |
| 1966 | Tappenosauridae Kuhn p. 122 |
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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.
Fm. †Tappenosauridae Olson and Beerbower 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kungurian - Roadian | USA (Texas) | Tappenosaurus magnus (79600 80729 85171) | |
| Roadian - Wordian | USA (Oklahoma) | Tappenosauridae indet. (27475) |