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Orophicephalinae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Dicynodontidae

Taxonomy
Orophicephalinae was named by Van Hoepen (1934).

It was assigned to Dicynodontidae by Kuhn (1946).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Orophicephalinae Van Hoepen
1946Orophicephalinae Kuhn p. 58

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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()
familyDicynodontidaeOwen 1859
subfamilyOrophicephalinaeVan Hoepen 1934
subfamilyOrophicephalinaeVan Hoepen 1934

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.

Subfm. †Orophicephalinae Van Hoepen 1934
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available