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Dinodontosaurus

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Dinodontosaurus Romer
1965Dinodontosaurus Cox
1988Dinodontosaurus Carroll
1988Dinodontosaurus King
2021Dinodontosaurus Kammerer and Ordoñez p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
Kannemeyeriiformes(Huene 1948)
genusDinodontosaurusRomer 1943

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. †Dinodontosaurus Romer 1943
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Invalid names: Chanaria platyceps Cox 1968 [synonym], Dinodontosaurus platygnathus Cox 1968 [synonym]
Dinodontosaurus tener Huene 1935
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Invalid names: Dinodontosaurus oliveirai Romer 1943 [synonym], Diodontosaurus pedroanum Tupi-Caldas 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:50:35
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:50:35
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Ladinian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Argentina (La Rioja) Chanaria platyceps, D. brevirostris (105532) D. platygnathus (105533)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Dicynodon tener (48659 72141 99413 99417 99420 99421) D. oliveirai (105524) D. pedroanum (93693 105604) D. sp. (92809 99237) D. turpior (36274 105523 105525 105527)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) D. sp. (214440)
Longobardian - Judithian239.48 - 72.2Argentina (La Rioja) D. platiceps, D. brevirostris, D. platygnathus (26092)