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Scalenodon attridgei

Osteichthyes - Traversodontidae

Taxonomy
Scalenodon attridgei was named by Crompton (1972). Its type specimen is BMNH R8578, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is U2, next to Peramiko-Litumba dirt road, which is in an Anisian fluvial siliciclastic in the Manda Beds Formation of Tanzania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Scalenodon attridgei Crompton p. 43

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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
speciesattridgei

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 attridgei Crompton 1972
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

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) Scalenodon attridgei (type locality: 159741)