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Stenocybusidae (disused)
Taxonomy
Stenocybusidae was named by Cheng and Li (1997). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Dinocephalia by Cheng and Li (1997), Li (2001), Li and Sun (2008) and Jiang and Ji (2014).
It was assigned to Dinocephalia by Cheng and Li (1997), Li (2001), Li and Sun (2008) and Jiang and Ji (2014).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1997 | Stenocybusidae Cheng and Li pp. 35, 40 |
2001 | Stenocybusidae Li p. 47 |
2008 | Stenocybusidae Li and Sun p. 382 |
2014 | Stenocybusidae Jiang and Ji |
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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.
Fm. †Stenocybusidae Cheng and Li 1997
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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Z. Cheng and J. Li 1997 | Small-sized dinocephalian (skull length 12- 15 cm). Skull high, narrow and slender without pachyostosis; orbit large and temporal fossa small; maxilla high and triangular-shaped, its top locating above canine and connecting with prefrontal; lachrymal large and extending forward; frontal with no boss and interorbital ridge; the anterior border of depression receiving lower jaw adductor located on the dorsal surface of postfrontal; small teeth present on palatine and transverse process of pterygoid; marginal teeth formula I5/4 C1/1 PC6-8/6; incisor of large length with labial talon pointer and lingual heel, they procumbent and interlocked. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Collections
No collection or age range data are available