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Aulacephalodon cadlei

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Aulacephalodon cadlei was named by Broom (1948). It is not extant. Its type specimen is RC 67, a partial skull. Its type locality is Hoeksplaas (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Teekloof Formation of South Africa.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by B. Allen (authorized by A. Dunhill) on 2018-09-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Aulacephalodon cadlei Broom p. 615 figs. 31C, D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
Bidentalia()
Cryptodontia()
Geikiidae()
Geikiinae()
genusAulacephalodon
speciescadleiBroom 1948

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.

Aulacephalodon cadlei Broom 1948
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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: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:48:33
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:48:33
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Eastern Cape) Aulacephalodon cadlei (type locality: 174622)