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Shansiodontidae

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Shansiodontidae

Taxonomy
Shansiodontidae was named by Cox (1965). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dicynodontia by Tverdokhlebov et al. (2003); to Dicynodontia by Li and Sun (2008); and to Kannemeyeriiformes by Hancox et al. (2013), Kammerer and Ordoñez (2021).

Subtaxa
Rhinodicynodon, Shansiodon, Tetragonias, Vinceria
Entered
by R. Butler on 2010-07-28; modified by R. Butler on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Shansiodontidae Cox
2003Shansiodontidae Tverdokhlebov et al.
2008Shansiodontidae Li and Sun p. 394
2013Shansiodontidae Hancox et al. p. 664
2021Shansiodontidae Kammerer and Ordoñez p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
—Kannemeyeriiformes(Huene 1948)
familyShansiodontidae
familyShansiodontidae

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. †Shansiodontidae Cox 1965
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G. †Rhinodicynodon Kalandadze 1970
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†Rhinodicynodon gracile Kalandadze 1970
G. †Shansiodon Yeh 1959
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†Shansiodon wangi Yeh 1959
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Invalid names: Shansiodon wupuensis Cheng 1980 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Shansiodon shaanbeiensis Cheng 1980 [synonym]
G. †Tetragonias Cruickshank 1967
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†Tetragonias njalilus von Huene 1942
G. †Vinceria Bonaparte 1969
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†Vinceria andina Bonaparte 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464South Africa (Eastern Cape) Shansiodon sp. (159736)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Shaanxi) Shansiodon shaanbeiensis (101171)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Shanxi) Shansiodon sp. (92480 101163 143469) Shansiodon wangi (143467) Shansiodon wuhsiangensis (101061 101169)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Tanzania (Ruvuma) Dicynodon njalilus (177602) Tetragonias njalilus (194380)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation (Orenburg) Rhinodicynodon gracile (93156)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Argentina (Mendoza) Vinceria andina (101828)