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Lobalopex mordax

Taxonomy
Lobalopex mordax was named by Sidor et al. (2004). Its type specimen is GCP/1/61, a skull (incl. lower jaws with parts of the first four cervical vertebrae in articulation), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quaggas Fontein 250, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial mudstone in the Teekloof Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Lobalopex.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Lobalopex mordax Sidor et al. p. 939 figs. 1-6
2006Lobalopex mordax Sidor and Rubidge

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

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.

Lobalopex mordax Sidor et al. 2004
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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: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Lobalopex mordax (type locality: 86275)