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Rhinodicynodon gracile

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Shansiodontidae

Taxonomy
Rhinodicynodon gracile was named by Kalandadze (1970). Its type specimen is PIN 1579/50, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Berdyanka I (locality 33), PIN 1579, which is in an Illyrian delta plain claystone/sandstone in the Donguz Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Rhinodicynodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Rhinodicynodon gracile Kalandadze
2000Rhinodicynodon gracile Battail and Surkov
2008Rhinodicynodon gracile Ivakhnenko
2009Rhinodicynodon gracile Fröbisch

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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
genusRhinodicynodonKalandadze 1970
speciesgracileKalandadze 1970

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.

†Rhinodicynodon gracile Kalandadze 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation (Orenburg) Rhinodicynodon gracile (type locality: 93156)