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Procynosuchia

Taxonomy
Procynosuchia is an infraorder.

It was assigned to Cynodontia by Carroll (1988); to Cynodontia by Kemp (1982) and Tatarinov (2008); and to Epicynodontia by Bonaparte (2012).

Subtaxa
Galesauria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Procynosuchia Kemp p. 349
1988Procynosuchia Carroll
2008Procynosuchia Tatarinov
2012Procynosuchia Bonaparte

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderProcynosuchia
infraorderProcynosuchia

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.

Infraor. †Procynosuchia
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Unr. †Galesauria Bonaparte 2012
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G. †Galesaurus Owen 1860
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†Galesaurus planiceps Owen 1860
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Invalid names: Glochinodon detinens van Hoepen 1916 [synonym], Glochinodontoides gracilis Haughton 1924 [synonym], Notictosaurus gracilis Broom and Robinson 1948 [synonym]
G. †Probelesodon Romer 1969
G. †Thrinaxodon Seeley 1894
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†Thrinaxodon liorhinus Seeley 1894
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Invalid names: Ictidopsis elegans Broom 1912 [synonym], Ictidopsis formosa van Hoepen 1916 [synonym], Micrictodon marionae Broom 1937 [synonym], Notictosaurus luckhoffi Broom 1936 [synonym], Nythosaurus larvatus Owen 1876 [synonym], Thrinaxodon putterilli Broom 1932 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ictidopsis Broom 1912 [synonym], Micrictodon Broom 1937 [synonym], Notictosaurus Broom 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Induan or 252.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Galesaurus planiceps (144320)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Free State) Glochinodontoides gracilis (80140)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Venterstad) Thrinaxodon liorhinus (196395)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Galesaurus planiceps, Thrinaxodon liorhinus (105606)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Antarctica Thrinaxodon liorhinus (27266 87420)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa Thrinaxodon liorhinus (190133)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Estcourt) Galesaurus planiceps (196394)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Galesaurus planiceps (105609)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Thrinaxodon liorhinus (34815)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Galesaurus planiceps, Thrinaxodon liorhinus (98602) Galesaurus planiceps, Thrinaxodon liorhinus, Thrinaxodon putterilli, Micrictodon marionae (88282) Nythosaurus larvatus (181689) Thrinaxodon liorhinus (88300 105607 181690)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Galesaurus paniceps, Thrinaxodon liorhinus (181691) Galesaurus planiceps, Thrinaxodon liorhinus (105610) Thrinaxodon liorhinus, Notictosaurus luckhoffi (177605)