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Kawingasaurus

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Kawingasaurus was named by Cox (1972). Its type is Kawingasaurus fossilis.

It was assigned to Cistecephalinae by King (1988); and to Cistecephalidae by Fröbisch and Reisz (2011).

Species
K. fossilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Kawingasaurus Cox
1988Kawingasaurus King
2011Kawingasaurus Fröbisch and Reisz

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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()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
superfamilyEmydopoideavan Hoepen 1934
—Kistecephalia()
—Cistecephalidae()
genusKawingasaurusCox 1972

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. †Kawingasaurus Cox 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, 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 - 254.14Tanzania (Ruvuma) K. fossilis (181520)