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Sphenacodon britannicus
Taxonomy
Oxyodon britannicus was named by von Huene (1908). Its type specimen is GSM 22893 and 22894 (part and counterpart), a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kenilworth, which is in an Asselian fluvial siliciclastic in the Kenilworth Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Oxyodon.
It was recombined as Sphenacodon britannicus by Paton (1974) and Reisz (1986).
It was recombined as Sphenacodon britannicus by Paton (1974) and Reisz (1986).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Sphenacodon britannicus von Huene 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available