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Aleodon brachyrhamphus

Taxonomy
Aleodon brachyrhamphus was named by Crompton (1955). Its type specimen is UMZC field number 113C, a partial skull, and 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 Aleodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Aleodon brachyrhamphus Crompton p. 653

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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
infraorderEucynodontia
—Probainognathia
genusAleodon
speciesbrachyrhamphus

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.

†Aleodon brachyrhamphus Crompton 1955
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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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


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