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Procolophoninae

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy

Procolophoninae was named by Nopcsa (1928) [Actually should be created off Lydekker 1889 but cannot be because Nopcsa retains both.].

It was assigned to Procolophonidae by Kuhn (1946), Colbert (1946), Novikov (1991), Novikov and Orlov (1992), Spencer and Benton (2000), Modesto et al. (2002), Cisneros (2008) and Cisneros (2008).

Subtaxa

Microtheledon, Myocephalus, Orenburgia (syn. Samaria, Insulophon, Lestanshoria), Procolina, Procolophon, Thelegnathus parvus, Timanophon

Synonyms

Microtheledon was named by Broom (1936). It is not extant. Its type is Thelegnathus parvus.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Colbert (1946).

It was assigned to Procolophonidae by Huene (1939) and Carroll (1988).
Thelegnathus parvus was named by Broom (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aliwal North Area, which is in an Anisian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Microtheledon.

It was recombined as Microtheledon parvus by Broom (1936) and Huene (1939); it was considered a nomen dubium by Colbert (1946).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1905	Thelegnathus parvus Broom p. 275
1913	Thelegnathus parvus Broom
1928	Procolophoninae Nopcsa p. 164
1936	Microtheledon parvus Broom p. 259
1936	Microtheledon Broom p. 391 fig. 2
1939	Microtheledon Huene p. 508
1939	Microtheledon parvus Huene p. 508
1946	Procolophoninae Colbert p. 258
1946	Procolophoninae Kuhn p. 55
1988	Microtheledon Carroll
1991	Procolophoninae Novikov p. 74
1992	Procolophoninae Novikov and Orlov p. 134
2000	Procolophoninae Spencer and Benton p. 165
2002	Procolophoninae Modesto et al. p. 891 fig. 9
2008	Procolophoninae Cisneros p. 14

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Parareptilia	Lawrence 1868
superfamily	Procolophonoidea
family	Procolophonidae
subfamily	Procolophoninae
subfamily	Procolophoninae

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. †Procolophoninae Nopcsa 1928

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G. †Myocephalus Broom 1936

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†Myocephalus crassidens Broom 1936

G. †Orenburgia Ivakhnenko 1975

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†Orenburgia bruma Ivakhnenko 1983

†Orenburgia concinna Ivakhnenko 1975

Invalid names: Insulophon morachovskayae Novikov 1992 [synonym], Lestanshoria massiva Novikov 1991 [synonym]

†Orenburgia enigmaticus Chudinov and Vjushkov 1956

Invalid names: Insulophon Novikov 1992 [synonym], Lestanshoria Novikov 1991 [synonym], Samaria Novikov 1991 [synonym]

G. †Procolina Borsuk−Białynicka and Lubka 2009

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†Procolina teresae Borsuk−Białynicka and Lubka 2009

G. †Procolophon Owen 1876

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†Procolophon trigoniceps Owen 1876

Invalid names: Procolophon baini Broom 1905 [synonym], Procolophon brasiliensis Cisneros and Schultz 2002 [synonym], Procolophon cuneiceps Seeley 1878 [synonym], Procolophon griersoni Seeley 1878 [synonym], Procolophon laticeps Seeley 1878 [synonym], Procolophon minor Owen 1876 [synonym], Procolophon platyrhinus Seeley 1905 [synonym], Procolophon pricei Lavina 1983 [synonym], Procolophon sphenorhinus Seeley 1905 [synonym]

G. †Timanophon Novikov 1991

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†Timanophon raridentatus Novikov 1991

Invalid names: Microtheledon Broom 1936 [nomen dubium], Thelegnathus parvus Broom 1905 [nomen dubium]

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 Olenekian to the top of the Anisian or 251.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (28 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic	252.17 - 247.2	Antarctica	Procolophon indet. (87420) Procolophon trigoniceps (27266 87410 87414)
Early/Lower Triassic	252.17 - 247.2	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	Procolophon sp. (117176)
Induan - Olenekian	252.17 - 247.2	Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)	Procolophon pricei (94112) Procolophon sp., Procolophon brasiliensis (93720) Procolophon trigoniceps (99232 99233 99234)
Induan - Olenekian	252.17 - 247.2	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	Procolophon trigoniceps, Procolophon minor, Procolophon griersoni, Procolophon cuneiceps, Procolophon laticeps (13043) Procolophon trigoniceps, Procolophon platyrhinus, Procolophon sphenorhinus (94309)
Induan - Olenekian	252.17 - 247.2	South Africa (Free State)	Procolophon sp. (94365) Procolophon trigoniceps (88282 98602)
Olenekian	251.2 - 247.2	Poland (Malopolskie)	Procolophonida indet. (38528)
Olenekian	251.2 - 247.2	Russian Federation (Orenburg)	Orenburgia concinna (93201)
Olenekian	251.2 - 247.2	Russian Federation (Volgograd)	Tichvinskia enigmatica (27343)
Olenekian	251.2 - 247.2	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	Procolophon sp. (145503) Procolophon trigoniceps (92309)
Olenekian	251.2 - 247.2	Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk)	Insulophon morachovskayae (94236) Orenburgia bruma (93274) Orenburgia bruma, Lestanshoria massiva (93276) Orenburgia sp. (94243) Timanophon raridentatus (93382 93385)
Olenekian	251.2 - 247.2	Russian Federation (Komi)	Timanophon raridentatus (39811)
Anisian	247.2 - 242.0	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	Thelegnathus parvus (80060)