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Criocephalosaurus
Taxonomy
Criocephalosaurus was named by Kammerer and Sidor (2002). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Tapinocephalidae by Day et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Tapinocephalidae by Day et al. (2015).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Criocephalus Broom |
| 1969 | Criocephalus Boonstra |
| 1988 | Criocephalus King |
| 2002 | Criocephalosaurus Kammerer and Sidor |
| 2015 | Criocephalosaurus Day et al. |
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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.
G. †Criocephalosaurus Kammerer and Sidor 2002
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†Criocephalosaurus vanderbyli Broom 1928
Invalid names: Criocephalus Broom 1928 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| 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 |
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| Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | C. sp. (171638 171639) Criocephalus vanderbyli (86388) |