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Titanogomphodon crassus

Diademodontidae

Taxonomy
Titanogomphodon crassus was named by Keyser (1973). Its type specimen is Geological Survey South Africa, R322, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is N slope, Etjo Mtn, upper arenaceous layer, which is in an Anisian/Ladinian terrestrial conglomerate in the Omingonde Formation of Namibia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Titanogomphodon crassus Keyser p. 9 figs. 9-10
1980Titanogomphodon crassus Brink
2009Titanogomphodon crassus Martinelli et al.

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
—Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyDiademodontidaeHaughton 1925
genusTitanogomphodon
speciescrassus

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.

†Titanogomphodon crassus Keyser 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2009-01-03 20:35:50
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:35:50
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ladinian or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Namibia Titanogomphodon crassus (type locality: 99459)