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Gomphodontosuchus

Traversodontidae

Taxonomy
Gomphodontosuchus was named by Huene (1928). It is the type genus of Gomphodontosuchinae.

It was assigned to Gomphodontosuchinae by Barbarena (1974); and to Traversodontidae by Carroll (1988).

Species
G. brasiliensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Gomphodontosuchus Huene
1974Gomphodontosuchus Barbarena p. 177 fig. 24
1988Gomphodontosuchus Carroll

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
—Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTraversodontidaeHuene 1936
subfamilyGomphodontosuchinaeWatson and Romer 1956
genusGomphodontosuchusHuene 1928

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. †Gomphodontosuchus Huene 1928
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) G. brasiliensis (72086) G. sp. (56189)