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Cyonosaurus kitchingi

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Cyniscops kitchingi was named by Broom (1948). Its type specimen is MMK 5028, a skull (A flattened and compressed skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blaaukrans, Graaff-Reinet, Cistecephalus AZ, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

It was recombined as Cyonosaurus kitchingi by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Cyniscops kitchingi Broom
1953Alopecorhynchus rubidgei Brink and Kitching p. 8
1989Cyonosaurus kitchingi Sigogneau-Russell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyGorgonopsinaeSigogneau-Russell 1970
genusCyonosaurusOlson 1937
specieskitchingi()

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.

†Cyonosaurus kitchingi Broom 1948
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Invalid names: Alopecorhynchus rubidgei Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Alopecorhynchus rubidgei (176308) Cyniscops kitchingi (type locality: 178740)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Cyonosaurus kitchingi (80216 174663 176312 180724)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) Cyonosaurus kitchingi (80176)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) Cyonosaurus kitchingi (80223)