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Pristerodon vanhoepeni

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Synostocephalus vanhoepeni was named by Broili and Schroeder (1935). Its type specimen is BSP 1934 VIII34, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lombardskraal, Beaufort West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa. It is the type species of Synostocephalus.

It was recombined as Pristerodon vanhoepeni by King (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Synostocephalus vanhoepeni Broili and Schroeder
1988Pristerodon vanhoepeni King

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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()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—Endothiodontia(Owen 1876)
genusPristerodonHuxley 1868
speciesvanhoepeni()

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.

†Pristerodon vanhoepeni Broili and Schroeder 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:47:52
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:47:52
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Western Cape) Synostocephalus vanhoepeni (178806 178830 180782)