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Therioherpeton cargnini

Taxonomy
Therioherpeton cargnini was named by Bonaparte and Barberena (1975). Its type specimen is MVP 05.22.04, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Therioherpeton site, Faixa Nova, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial mudstone in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Therioherpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Therioherpeton cargnini Bonaparte and Barberena
2001Therioherpeton cargnini Bonaparte and Barberena

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderEucynodontia
—Probainognathia
—ProzostrodontiaLiu and Olsen 2010
genusTherioherpetonBonaparte and Barberena 1975
speciescargniniBonaparte and Barberena 1975

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.

†Therioherpeton cargnini Bonaparte and Barberena 1975
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Therioherpeton cargnini (type locality: 13220)