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Megazostrodon rudnerae

Osteichthyes - Morganucodonta - Megazostrodontidae

Taxonomy
Megazostrodon rudnerae was named by Crompton and Jenkins (1968). Its type specimen is BMNH 26407, a partial skeleton (Partially crushed skull and lower jaw and portions of the postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pokane (Locality A), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho. It is the type species of Megazostrodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Megazostrodon rudnerae Crompton and Jenkins p. 428
1979Megazostrodon rudnerae Jenkins and Crompton p. 75
2004Megazostrodon rudnerae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 165, 179

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
orderMorganucodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyMegazostrodontidaeGow 1986
genusMegazostrodon
speciesrudnerae

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.

†Megazostrodon rudnerae Crompton and Jenkins 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2011-04-24 23:35:11
Modified: 2011-04-24 08:35:11
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Lesotho (Quthing) Megazostrodon rudnerae (type locality: 105601)