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Struthiocephalinae

Tapinocephalidae

Taxonomy

Struthiocephalinae was named by Boonstra (1969).

It was assigned to Tapinocephalidae by Boonstra (1969).

Subtaxa

Struthiocephaloides, Struthiocephalus (syn. Moschosaurus, Struthiocephalellus), Struthionops, Taurocephalus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1969	Struthiocephalinae Boonstra

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
—	Eutherapsida
suborder	Dinocephalia
infraorder	Tapinocephalia
family	Tapinocephalidae	Owen 1876
subfamily	Struthiocephalinae
subfamily	Struthiocephalinae

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.

Subfm. †Struthiocephalinae Boonstra 1969

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G. †Struthiocephaloides Boonstra 1952

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†Struthiocephaloides cavifrons Boonstra 1952

†Struthiocephaloides duplessisi Boonstra 1952

G. †Struthiocephalus Haughton 1915

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†Struthiocephalus whaitsi Haughton 1915

Invalid names: Moschosaurus longicesps Haughton 1915 [synonym], Struthiocephalellus parvus Boonstra 1955 [synonym], Struthiocephalus akraalensis Boonstra 1952 [synonym], Struthiocephalus kitchingi Brink 1958 [synonym], Struthiocephalus milleri Olson and Broom 1937 [synonym], Struthiocephalus rheederi Broom 1937 [synonym]

Invalid names: Moschosaurus Haughton 1915 [synonym], Struthiocephalellus Boonstra 1955 [synonym]

G. †Struthionops Boonstra 1952

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†Struthionops intermedius Boonstra 1952

G. †Taurocephalus Broom 1928

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†Taurocephalus lerouxi Broom 1928

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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	South Africa (Western Cape)	Struthiocephaloides cavifrons (176250) Struthiocephaloides sp., Struthiocephalus whaitsi (176355) Struthiocephalus intermedius, Struthiocephalus whaitsi, Taurocephalus lerouxi, Struthiocephalellus parvus (86388) Struthiocephalus kitchingi (92648) Struthiocephalus milleri (198720) Struthiocephalus rheederi (198702) Struthiocephalus whaitsi (93096 176314 198718 198723) Struthiocephalus whaitsi, Moschosaurus longicesps (31777)