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Hyperodapedon huenei

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Hyperodapedon huenei was named by Langer and Schultz (2000). Its type specimen is UFRGS PV 0132T, a skull (nearly complete skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Inhamandá 1, which is in a Carnian/Norian fluvial mudstone/sandstone in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Hyperodapedon huenei Langer et al. p. 17
2000Hyperodapedon huenei Langer and Schultz p. 634 figs. 1-5
2015Hyperodapedon huenei Mukherjee and Ray

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
Rhynchosauria()
Rhynchosauridae()
Hyperodapedontinae(Chatterjee 1969)
genusHyperodapedonHuxley 1859
specieshuenei

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Hyperodapedon huenei Langer and Schultz 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. C. Langer and C. L. Schultz 2000Species of Hyperodapedon with: unique combination of two maxillary grooves and a single dentary blade; infraorbital foramen (sensu Benton, 1983a) absent; supraoccipital and opisthotics fused together.