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Criocephalosaurus

Osteichthyes - Tapinocephalidae

Taxonomy
Criocephalosaurus was named by Kammerer and Sidor (2002). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tapinocephalidae by Day et al. (2015).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Criocephalus Broom
1969Criocephalus Boonstra
1988Criocephalus King
2002Criocephalosaurus Kammerer and Sidor
2015Criocephalosaurus Day et al.

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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()
Eutherapsida
suborderDinocephalia
infraorderTapinocephalia
familyTapinocephalidaeOwen 1876
subfamilyMoschopinae
genusCriocephalosaurusKammerer and Sidor 2002

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.

G. †Criocephalosaurus Kammerer and Sidor 2002
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Invalid names: Criocephalus Broom 1928 [replaced]
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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) C. sp. (171638 171639) Criocephalus vanderbyli (86388)