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Cynosaurus suppostus

Galesauridae

Taxonomy
Cynosuchus suppostus was named by Owen (1876). Its type specimen is Albany Museum, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sneeuberg Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Cynosaurus, Cynosuchus.

It was recombined as Cynosaurus suppostus by Schmidt (1927), Hopson and Kitching (1972).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Cynosuchus suppostus Owen
1913Cynosuchus suppostus Broom
1918Cynosuchus whaitsi Haughton
1927Cynosaurus suppostus Schmidt
1927Cynosaurus whaitsi Schmidt
1931Cynosuchoides whaitsi Broom
1942Mygalesuchus peggyae Broom
1951Baurocynodon gracilis Brink
1972Cynosaurus suppostus Hopson and Kitching

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
familyGalesauridaeLydekker 1890
genusCynosaurus
speciessuppostus()

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.

†Cynosaurus suppostus Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Baurocynodon gracilis Brink 1951 [synonym], Cynosuchus whaitsi Haughton 1918 [synonym], Mygalesuchus peggyae Broom 1942 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Eastern Cape) Cynosuchus suppostus (type locality: 177606)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Eastern Cape) Baurocynodon gracilis (179646) Mygalesuchus peggyae (80226)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Western Cape) Cynosaurus suppostus (80176)