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Microhelodon eumerus

Therocephalia - Bauriidae

Taxonomy
Microhelodon eumerus was named by Broom (1931). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMUK R3581. Its type locality is Burgersdorp Area, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Microgomphodon eumerus Seeley
1931Microhelodon eumerus Broom

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyBaurioideaBroom 1911
—Bauriamorpha(Watson)
familyBauriidaeWatson 1911
genusMicrohelodon
specieseumerus

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.

†Microhelodon eumerus Broom 1931
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Invalid names: Microgomphodon eumerus Seeley 1895 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2009-01-03 20:36:43
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:36:43
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464South Africa (Eastern Cape) Microgomphodon eumerus (type locality: 177025)