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Myocephalus crassidens

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Myocephalus crassidens was named by Broom (1936). It is not extant. It is the type species of Myocephalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Myocephalus crassidens Broom p. 391 fig. 2
1939Myocephalus crassidens Huene p. 508
1946Myocephalus crassidens Colbert p. 259

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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
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superfamilyProcolophonoidea
familyProcolophonidae
subfamilyProcolophoninae
genusMyocephalusBroom 1936
speciescrassidensBroom 1936

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.

Myocephalus crassidens Broom 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available