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Cynosphenodon
Taxonomy
Cynosphenodon was named by Reynoso (1996). Its type is Cynosphenodon huizachalensis.
It was assigned to Sphenodontinae by Reynoso (1996), Apesteguía and Novas (2003), Rauhut et al. (2012), Reynoso and Cruz (2014) and Cau et al. (2014); and to Sphenodontidae by Apesteguia et al. (2012) and Herrera-Flores et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Sphenodontinae by Reynoso (1996), Apesteguía and Novas (2003), Rauhut et al. (2012), Reynoso and Cruz (2014) and Cau et al. (2014); and to Sphenodontidae by Apesteguia et al. (2012) and Herrera-Flores et al. (2018).
Species
C. huizachalensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Cynosphenodon Reynoso |
| 2003 | Cynosphenodon Apesteguía and Novas |
| 2012 | Cynosphenodon Apesteguia et al. |
| 2012 | Cynosphenodon Rauhut et al. |
| 2014 | Cynosphenodon Cau et al. |
| 2014 | Cynosphenodon Reynoso and Cruz p. 55 |
| 2018 | Cynosphenodon Herrera-Flores et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Pliensbachian or 190.80000 to 182.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliensbachian | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | C. huizachalensis (28212) |