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Luangwa

Osteichthyes - Traversodontidae

Taxonomy
Luangwa was named by Brink (1963). It is not extant. Its type is Luangwa drysdalli.

It was assigned to Traversodontidae by Carroll (1988), Abdala and Sa-Teixeira (2004).

Species
L. drysdalli (type species), L. sudamericana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Luangwa Brink
1988Luangwa Carroll
2004Luangwa Abdala and Sa-Teixeira

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
—Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTraversodontidaeHuene 1936
genusLuangwa

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. †Luangwa Brink 1963
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†Luangwa drysdalli Brink 1963
†Luangwa sudamericana Abdala and Sa-Teixeira 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ladinian or 246.70000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Zambia (Eastern) Scalenodon sp. (99437)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) L. sudamericana (106507)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Namibia Massetognathus sp. (99492) Trirachodon sp. (99543)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) L. sudamericana (214440)