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Myosaurus gracilis

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Myosaurus gracilis was named by Hammer and Cosgriff (1981). Its type specimen is SAM 3526 and 3526a, a skull (Two skulls in nodule), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harrismith Commonage, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Normandien Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Myosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Myosaurus gracilis Hammer and Cosgriff

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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()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
superfamilyEmydopoideavan Hoepen 1934
genusMyosaurusHaughton 1917
speciesgracilis

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.

†Myosaurus gracilis Hammer and Cosgriff 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:49:04
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:49:04
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Olenekian or 252.17000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Antarctica Myosaurus gracilis (105602)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Myosaurus gracilis (type locality: 88282)