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Nanictocephalus

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Scaloposauridae

Taxonomy
Nanictocephalus was named by Broom (1940). It is not extant. Its type is Nanictocephalus richardi.

It was assigned to Scaloposauridae by Carroll (1988).

Species
N. richardi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Nanictocephalus Broom p. 72
1988Nanictocephalus Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
suborderScaloposauridaHaughton 1924
superfamilyLycideopoideaBroom 1931
familyScaloposauridaeBroom 1914
genusNanictocephalus

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. †Nanictocephalus Broom 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:42
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:42
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

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 - 254.14South Africa (Eastern Cape) N. richardi (179335)