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Traversodontoides wangwuensis

Therocephalia - Bauriidae

Taxonomy
Traversodontoides wangwuensis was named by Young (1974). Its type specimen is IVPP V4068, a partial skeleton (Incomplete skull and some postcranial remains), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wangwu, Jiyuan, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Ermaying Formation of China. It is the type species of Traversodontoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Traversodontoides wangwuensis Young p. 203 figs. Figures 1-4, plates 1-4
2008Traversodontoides wangwuensis Li and Sun p. 407

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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()
orderTherocephalia
EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyBaurioideaBroom 1911
Bauriamorpha(Watson)
familyBauriidaeWatson 1911
genusTraversodontoides
specieswangwuensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2009-01-03 20:36:43
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:36:43
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Henan) Traversodontoides wangwuensis (type locality: 143312)