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Therioherpeton

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Therioherpeton was named by Bonaparte and Barberena (1975). Its type is Therioherpeton cargnini.

It was assigned to Chiniquodontidae by Carroll (1988); to Therioherpetidae by Bonaparte and Barberena (2001), Oliveira (2006); and to Prozostrodontia by Martinelli et al. (2017).

Species
T. cargnini (type species)
Entered
by C. Sidor on 2003-01-23; modified by R. Butler on 2015-12-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Therioherpeton Bonaparte and Barberena p. 931
1988Therioherpeton Carroll
2001Therioherpeton Bonaparte and Barberena p. 60
2006Therioherpeton Oliveira p. 451
2017Therioherpeton Martinelli et al.

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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
infraorderEucynodontia
—Probainognathia
—ProzostrodontiaLiu and Olsen 2010
genusTherioherpetonBonaparte and Barberena 1975

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. †Therioherpeton Bonaparte and Barberena 1975
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†Therioherpeton cargnini Bonaparte and Barberena 1975
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, Kiessling 2004, 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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) T. cargnini (13220)