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Anningia
Taxonomy
Anningia was named by Broom (1927). It is not extant. Its type is Anningia megalops. It is the type genus of Anningiidae.
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Amniota by Reisz and Dilkes (1992).
It was assigned to Varanopsidae by Romer and Price (1940); to Anningiidae by Kuhn (1966); to Pelycosauria by Reisz (1986); and to Afrothyra by Spindler et al. (2018).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Amniota by Reisz and Dilkes (1992).
It was assigned to Varanopsidae by Romer and Price (1940); to Anningiidae by Kuhn (1966); to Pelycosauria by Reisz (1986); and to Afrothyra by Spindler et al. (2018).
Species
A. megalops (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Anningia Broom |
| 1940 | Anningia Romer and Price p. 18 |
| 1966 | Anningia Kuhn p. 122 |
| 1986 | Anningia Reisz p. 86 |
| 2018 | Anningia Spindler et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | A. megalops (89650) |