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Kannemeyeria lophorhinus

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Kannemeyeria lophorhinus was named by Renaut et al. (2003). Its type specimen is BP/1/3638, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 16, Upper Luangwa Valley, 0.75 miles north Sitwe, which is in an Anisian terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Ntawere Formation of Zambia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Kannemeyeria lophorhinus Renaut et al.
2014Kannemeyeria lophorhinus Angielczyk et al.

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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()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
genusKannemeyeriaSeeley 1908
specieslophorhinus

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.

Kannemeyeria lophorhinus Renaut et al. 2003
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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Zambia Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus (type locality: 99436)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Namibia Kannemeyeria simocephalus (99453)