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Trucidocynodon riograndensis

Taxonomy
Trucidocynodon riograndensis was named by Oliveira et al. (2010). Its type specimen is UFRGS PV-1051-T, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Varzea do Agudo site, which is in a Carnian/Norian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Trucidocynodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Trucidocynodon riograndensis Oliveira et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderEucynodontia
genusTrucidocynodon
speciesriograndensis

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.

†Trucidocynodon riograndensis Oliveira et al. 2010
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Trucidocynodon riograndensis (type locality: 98623)