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Cistecephalus microrhinus

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Cistecephalus microrhinus was named by Owen (1876). Its type specimen is BNMH R47066, 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
1876Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen
1876Cistecephalus planiceps Owen
1932Cistecephalus angusticeps Broom p. 225 fig. 73E
1948Cistecephalus major Broom
1948Cistecephalus platyfrons Broom
1948Cistecephalus rubidgei Broom
1950Cistecephalus laticeps Brink
1988Cistecephalus microrhinus King

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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()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
superfamilyEmydopoideavan Hoepen 1934
—Kistecephalia()
—Cistecephalidae()
genusCistecephalusOwen 1876
speciesmicrorhinus

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.

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Invalid names: Cistecephalus angusticeps Broom 1932 [synonym], Cistecephalus laticeps Brink 1950 [synonym], Cistecephalus major Broom 1948 [synonym], Cistecephalus planiceps Owen 1876 [synonym], Cistecephalus platyfrons Broom 1948 [synonym], Cistecephalus rubidgei Broom 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:48:04
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:48:04
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Tanzania (Ruvuma) Cistecephalus planiceps (181520)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Cistecephalus microrhinus (171384 174622 174626 174717 174734 176331 176339 176919 178740 180807) Cistecephalus microrhinus, Cistecephalus major (179335) Cistecephalus microrhinus, Cistecephalus platyfrons (144272) Cistecephalus platyfrons, Cistecephalus laticeps (180878)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Cistecephalus angusticeps (174666) Cistecephalus microrhinus (178478 178523 179590 190567)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Cistecephalus microrhinus (116452 174736 175331 175565 175566 176358 176923 178734 178742 178744 178805 178865 180782 181609) Cistecephalus rubidgei (180462)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa Cistecephalus microrhinus (189782)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Graaff-Reinet) Cistecephalus microrhinus, Cistecephalus planiceps (type locality: 171378)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern cape) Cistecephalus microrhinus (180787)