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Moltenotetrapodiscus

Taxonomy
Moltenotetrapodiscus was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Moltenotetrapodiscus vetus.

It was assigned to Therapsida by Ellenberger (1972).

Species
M. vetus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Moltenotetrapodiscus Ellenberger p. 344
1972Moltenotetrapodiscus Ellenberger p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
genusMoltenotetrapodiscus

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.

G. †Moltenotetrapodiscus Ellenberger 1970
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†Moltenotetrapodiscus vetus Ellenberger 1970
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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Lesotho (Mohale's Hoek) M. vetus (206548)