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Mandaphon nadra

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Mandaphon nadra was named by Tsuji (2018). Its type specimen is NMT RB167, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Z91, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Manda Beds Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Mandaphon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Mandaphon nadra Tsuji

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superfamilyProcolophonoidea
familyProcolophonidae
subfamilyLeptopleuroninaeIvakhnenko 1979
genusMandaphon
speciesnadra

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.

†Mandaphon nadra Tsuji 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Tanzania (Ruvuma) Mandaphon nadra (type locality: 192672)