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Eriphostoma

Osteichthyes

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Eriphostoma Broom p. 1078
1913Eriphostoma Broom
1913Scylacognathus Broom
1915Galesuchus Haughton p. 82
1925Cynariops Broom
1929Eoarctops Haughton
1969Eoarctops Boonstra
1969Galesuchus Boonstra
1969Scylacognathus Boonstra
1988Eoarctops Carroll
1988Galesuchus Carroll
1988Scylacognathus Carroll
1989Eoarctops Sigogneau-Russell
1989Galesuchus Sigogneau-Russell
1989Scylacognathus Sigogneau-Russell
2015Eriphostoma Kammerer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
genusEriphostoma

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. †Eriphostoma Broom 1911
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Eriphostoma microdon Broom 1911
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Invalid names: Eoarctops vanderbyli Haughton 1929 [synonym], Galesuchus gracilis Haughton 1915 [synonym], Scylacognathus parvus Broom 1913 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eoarctops Haughton 1929 [synonym], Galesuchus Haughton 1915 [synonym], Scylacognathus Broom 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Eoarctops sp. (176249) E. microdon (176244 176245 176247) Galesuchus gracilis, Eoarctops vanderbyli (86388) Galesuchus sp. (93096 176248 176250 176251) Scylacognathus parvus (13004)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Northern Cape) E. microdon (176246)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Northern Cape) Cynarioides laticeps (178870) Cynariops sp., Cynariops robustus (174666)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Western Cape) Cynarioides grimbeeki (22661)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Eastern Cape) Scylacognathus parvus (179588)