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Anthodon serrarius

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Anthodon serrarius was named by Owen (1876). Its type specimen is BMNH 47337, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steilkrans, Fort Beaufort, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Anthodon serrarius Owen
1893Anthodon serrarius Winkler p. 104
1912Anthodon serrarius Broom pp. 24-25
1913Anthodon serrarius Broom
1913Propappus parvus Haughton
1913Anthodon serrarius Schwarz p. 264
1914Anthodon serrarius Schwarz p. 41
1915Anthodon serrarius Hennig p. 12
1932Anthodon minusculus Haughton pp. 636-638 fig. 2
1997Anthodon serrarius Lee p. 281
2013Anthodon serrarius Pérez-García and Murelaga

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
—Procolophonomorpha()
—Procolophonia()
—Hallucicrania
superfamilyPareiasauroideaNopsca 1928
—Pareiasauria()
genusAnthodon
speciesserrarius

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.

†Anthodon serrarius Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Anthodon minusculus Haughton 1932 [synonym], Propappus parvus Haughton 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:32:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Graaff-Reinet) Anthodon serrarius (type locality: 171378)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Tanzania (Ruvuma) Anthodon minusculus (171379)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Propappus parvus (171377)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Anthodon serrarius (176504)