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Cryptocynodon simus

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Cryptocynodon simus was named by Seeley (1894). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMUK PV R2582, a partial skull. Its type locality is Nieuweld, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Endothiodon uniseries by King and Rubidge (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Cryptocynodon simus Seeley
1913Cryptocynodon simus Broom
2014Cryptocynodon simus Castanhinha et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—Endothiodontia(Owen 1876)
genusCryptocynodon
speciessimus

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.

†Cryptocynodon simus Seeley 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:32
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:32
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Limpopo) Cryptocynodon simus (type locality: 178198)