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Mupashi migrator

Therocephalia - Karenitidae

Taxonomy
Mupashi migrator was named by Huttenlocker and Sidor (2016). Its type specimen is NHCC LB44, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is L58, Luangwa Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of Zambia. It is the type species of Mupashi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Mupashi migrator Huttenlocker and Sidor

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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
familyKarenitidae
genusMupashi
speciesmigrator

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.

†Mupashi migrator Huttenlocker and Sidor 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Zambia (Northern) Mupashi migrator (type locality: 178882)