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Cynognathus crateronotus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Cynognathus crateronotus was named by Seeley (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lady Frere Commonage, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Cynognathus crateronotus Seeley
1895Cynognathus platyceps Seeley
1895Cynognathus berryi Seeley p. 121
1903Karoomys browni Broom
1913Cynognathus berryi Broom
1913Cynognathus crateronotus Broom
1913Cynognathus platyceps Broom
1913Lycognathus ferox Broom
1924Cynidiognathus longiceps Haughton
1934Cynognathus crateronotus Swinton p. 49
1935Cynognathus merenskyi Broili and Schroder
1969Cynognathus minor Bonaparte p. 275

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
genusCynognathus
speciescrateronotus

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.

†Cynognathus crateronotus Seeley 1895
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Invalid names: Cynidiognathus longiceps Haughton 1924 [synonym], Cynognathus berryi Seeley 1895 [synonym], Cynognathus merenskyi Broili and Schroder 1935 [synonym], Cynognathus minor Bonaparte 1969 [synonym], Cynognathus platyceps Seeley 1895 [synonym], Karoomys browni Broom 1903 [synonym], Lycognathus ferox Broom 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Julian or 246.70000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464South Africa (Eastern Cape) Cynognathus crateronotus (92312 101957 101963 177025 179589) Cynognathus crateronotus, Cynognathus berryi, Cynognathus platyceps (type locality: 105295) Karoomys browni (144344)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Zambia (Eastern) Cynognathus crateronotus (192617)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Tanzania (Ruvuma) Cynognathus crateronotus (192598)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Argentina (Mendoza) Cynognathus minor (98604)