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Ictidosaurus

Therocephalia - Scylacosauridae

Taxonomy
Ictidosaurus was named by Broom (1903). It is not extant. Its type is Ictidosaurus angusticeps.

It was assigned to Theriodontia by Broom (1903); and to Scylacosauridae by Abdala et al. (2008).

Species
I. angusticeps (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Ictidosaurus Broom p. 151
2008Ictidosaurus Abdala et al. p. 1013

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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()
orderTherocephalia
suborderScylacosaurida
familyScylacosauridae
genusIctidosaurus

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. †Ictidosaurus Broom 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28South Africa (Western Cape) I. angusticeps (94649)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) I. angusticeps (179623)