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Gomphodontosuchinae

Traversodontidae

Taxonomy
Gomphodontosuchinae was named by Watson and Romer (1956). Its type is Gomphodontosuchus.

It was assigned to Traversodontidae by Barbarena (1974) and Tatarinov (2008).

Subtaxa
Gomphodontosuchus (type genus), Megagomphodon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Gomphodontosuchinae Watson and Romer
1974Gomphodontosuchinae Barbarena p. 184
2008Gomphodontosuchinae Tatarinov

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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
subfamilyGomphodontosuchinaeWatson and Romer 1956
subfamilyGomphodontosuchinaeWatson and Romer 1956

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.

Subfm. †Gomphodontosuchinae Watson and Romer 1956
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G. †Gomphodontosuchus Huene 1928
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G. †Megagomphodon Romer 1972
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

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Zimbabwe (Mashonaland Central) Gomphodontosuchinae indet. (228331 228333)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Gomphodontosuchus brasiliensis (72086) Gomphodontosuchus sp. (56189)