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Scalenodon angustifrons

Osteichthyes - Traversodontidae

Taxonomy
Trirachodon angustifrons was named by Parrington (1946). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B29, between Gingama and Tschikonge, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Manda Beds Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Scalenodon.

It was recombined as Scalenodon angustifrons by Crompton (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Trirachodon angustifrons Parrington
1955Scalenodon angustifrons Crompton

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
—Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTraversodontidaeHuene 1936
genusScalenodon
speciesangustifrons()

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.

†Scalenodon angustifrons Parrington 1946
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Tanzania (Ruvuma) Scalenodon angustifrons (196737) Trirachodon angustifrons (type locality: 105297)