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Therioides cyniscus

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae

Taxonomy
Therioides cyniscus was named by Boonstra (1953). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vindraersfontein, Beaufort West, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Therioides cyniscus Boonstra

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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()
orderTherocephalia
familyPristerognathidaeBroom 1908
subfamilyPristerognathinae
genusTherioidesBoonstra 1953
speciescyniscusBoonstra 1953

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.

Therioides cyniscus Boonstra 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Therioides cyniscus (type locality: 198711)