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Cricodon metabolus
Taxonomy
Cricodon metabolus was named by Crompton (1955). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Njalila, Loc. B11, which is in an Anisian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/siltstone in the Manda Beds Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Cricodon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1955 | Cricodon metabolus Crompton p. 618 |
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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.
†Cricodon metabolus Crompton 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Anisian | Tanzania (Ruvuma) | Cricodon metabolus (181057 192618) | |
| Anisian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Cricodon metabolus (105293 105294) | |
| Anisian | Tanzania (Iringa) | Cricodon metabolus (type locality: 55756) | |
| Anisian - Carnian | Zambia (Eastern) | Cricodon metabolus (151894) |