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Katumbia parringtoni

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Cryptocynodon parringtoni was named by von Huene (1942). Its type specimen is GPIT K 130, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kingori locality, Ruhuhu Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Usili Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Katumbia.

It was recombined as Pristerodon parringtoni by King (1988), King and Rubidge (1993); it was recombined as Katumbia parringtoni by Angielczyk (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Cryptocynodon parringtoni von Huene p. 155
1988Pristerodon parringtoni King
1993Pristerodon parringtoni King and Rubidge
2007Katumbia parringtoni Angielczyk

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
genusKatumbia
speciesparringtoni()

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.

†Katumbia parringtoni von Huene 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

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 - 254.14Tanzania (Ruvuma) Cryptocynodon parringtoni (type locality: 181520) Katumbia parringtoni (135698 180461)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Zambia Katumbia parringtoni (185599)