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Cistecephalidae
Taxonomy
Cistecephalidae was named by Broom (1903). It is not extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Cistecephalidae by Kammerer and Angielczyk (2009), Fröbisch and Reisz (2011), Kammerer et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Dicynodontia by Osborn (1904); to Anomodontia by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Diictodontia by Carroll (1988); to Emydopoidea by Fröbisch and Reisz (2011); and to Kistecephalia by Kammerer and Angielczyk (2009), Kammerer et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Cistecephalidae by Kammerer and Angielczyk (2009), Fröbisch and Reisz (2011), Kammerer et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Dicynodontia by Osborn (1904); to Anomodontia by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Diictodontia by Carroll (1988); to Emydopoidea by Fröbisch and Reisz (2011); and to Kistecephalia by Kammerer and Angielczyk (2009), Kammerer et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Cistecephalidae Broom |
| 1904 | Cistecephalidae Osborn p. 103 |
| 1954 | Cistecephalidae Haughton and Brink p. 6 |
| 1988 | Cistecephalidae Carroll |
| 2009 | Cistecephalidae Kammerer and Angielczyk |
| 2011 | Cistecephalidae Fröbisch and Reisz |
| 2016 | Cistecephalidae Kammerer et al. |
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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.
Unr. †Cistecephalidae Broom 1903
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G. †Cistecephalus Owen 1876
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†Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Cistecephalus angusticeps Broom 1932 [synonym], Cistecephalus laticeps Brink 1950 [synonym], Cistecephalus major Broom 1948 [synonym], Cistecephalus planiceps Owen 1876 [synonym], Cistecephalus platyfrons Broom 1948 [synonym], Cistecephalus rubidgei Broom 1948 [synonym]
†Cistecephalus platyceps Broom 1948
G. †Kembawacela Angielczyk et al. 2019
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†Kembawacela kitchingi Angielczyk et al. 2019
†Kembawacela yajuwayeyi Araújo et al. 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (47 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Permian | South Africa | Cistecephalus sp. (189533) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Graaff-Reinet) | Cistecephalus microrhinus, Cistecephalus planiceps (171378) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Zambia | C. new species (184600 185598) Kembawacela kitchingi (184668) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Malawi (Northern Region) | Kembawacela yajuwayeyi (176292) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Cistecephalus angusticeps (174666) Cistecephalus microrhinus (178478 178523 179590 190567) Cistecephalus sp. (190568) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Cistecephaloides boonstrai (180880) Cistecephalus microrhinus (171384 174622 174626 174717 174734 176331 176339 176919 178740 180807) Cistecephalus microrhinus, Cistecephalus major (179335) Cistecephalus microrhinus, Cistecephalus platyfrons (144272) Cistecephalus platyfrons, Cistecephalus laticeps (180878) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Tanzania (Ruvuma) | Cistecephalus planiceps, Kawingasaurus fossilis (181520) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern cape) | Cistecephalus microrhinus (180787) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa | Cistecephalus microhinus (189781) Cistecephalus microrhinus (189782) | |
| Wuchiapingian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Cistecephalus microrhinus, Emydops platiceps (80572) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Cistecephalus microrhinus (116452 174736 175331 175565 175566 176358 176923 178734 178742 178744 178805 178865 180782 181609) Cistecephalus rubidgei, Cistecephalus platyceps (180462) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Zambia | C. new species (185597) |