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Exaeretodon major

Traversodontidae

Taxonomy
Traversodon major was named by Huene (1936) [Originally listed as Traversodon (?) major.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cynodontier-Sanga (Fundgruppe 1069), Chiniquá, which is in a Ladinian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Exaeretodon major by Barbarena (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Traversodon major Huene p. 146 figs. 27; Pl. 17:9-11
1974Exaeretodon major Barbarena pp. 141-144

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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
infraorderCynognathia
—Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTraversodontidaeHuene 1936
genusExaeretodonCabrera 1943
speciesmajor()

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.

†Exaeretodon major Huene 1936
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Diagnosis
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