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Ianthodon schultzei
Taxonomy
Ianthodon schultzei was named by Kissel and Reisz (2004). Its type specimen is KUVP 133735, a partial skull (Skull roof, which is much flattened and partially disarticulated), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Garnett Quarry, which is in a Missourian fine channel fill mudstone in the Stanton Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Ianthodon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Ianthodon schultzei Kissel and Reisz |
| 2015 | Ianthodon schultzei Spindler et al. p. 18 |
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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.
†Ianthodon schultzei Kissel and Reisz 2004
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. A. Kissel and R. R. Reisz 2004 | Small sphenacodontian characterized by the presence of distinctive, conical marginal dentition with densely packed longitudinal fluting on the lingual surface that extends to the tip of each tooth, an unusually tall lacrimal bone, and location of the pineal foramen at the approximate midpoint of the median parietal suture. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Missourian or 306.00000 to 303.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Missourian | USA (Kansas) | Ianthodon schultzei (type locality: 80784) |