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Myocephalus

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Myocephalus was named by Broom (1936). It is not extant. Its type is Myocephalus crassidens.

It was assigned to Procolophoninae by Colbert (1946); and to Procolophonidae by Huene (1939) and Carroll (1988).

Species
M. crassidens (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Myocephalus Broom p. 391
1939Myocephalus Huene p. 508
1946Myocephalus Colbert p. 259
1988Myocephalus Carroll

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superfamilyProcolophonoidea
familyProcolophonidae
subfamilyProcolophoninae
genusMyocephalusBroom 1936

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.

G. †Myocephalus Broom 1936
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†Myocephalus crassidens Broom 1936
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available