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Endothiodon tolani

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Endothiodon tolani was named by Cox and Angielczyk (2015). Its type specimen is NHMUK PV R12443, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality L4, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial mudstone in the Ruhuhu Formation of Tanzania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Endothiodon tolani Cox and Angielczyk

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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)
genusEndothiodonOwen 1876
speciestolani

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.

†Endothiodon tolani Cox and Angielczyk 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:32
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:32
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tanzania (Ruvuma) Endothiodon tolani (type locality: 173058 173059 190324)