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Tetracynodontinae

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Scaloposauridae

Taxonomy
Tetracynodontinae was named by Ivakhnenko (2011). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scaloposauridae by Ivakhnenko (2011).

Subtaxa
Malasaurus, Muchia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Tetracynodontinae Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
suborderScaloposauridaHaughton 1924
superfamilyLycideopoideaBroom 1931
familyScaloposauridaeBroom 1914
subfamilyTetracynodontinae
subfamilyTetracynodontinae

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. †Tetracynodontinae Ivakhnenko 2011
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G. †Malasaurus Tatarinov 2002
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†Malasaurus germanus Tatarinov 2002
G. †Muchia Ivakhnenko 2011
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†Muchia microdenta Ivakhnenko 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:42
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:42
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Severodvinian to the top of the Vyatkian or 264.28000 to 256.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Kirov) Muchia microdenta (28854)
Vyatkian259.51 - 256.8Russian Federation (Nizhnii Novgorod) Malasaurus germanus (86356)