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Mitredon cromptoni

Taxonomy
Mitredon cromptoni was named by Shapiro and Jenkins (2001). It is extant. Its type specimen is MGUH VP 3392, a mandible. Its type locality is north side Aerenprisdal, intersection with Pingel Dal, Mitredon, which is in a Rhaetian lacustrine dolomite in the Fleming Fjord Formation of Greenland. It is the type species of Mitredon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Mitredon cromptoni Shapiro and Jenkins p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
genusMitredon
speciescromptoni

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.

Mitredon cromptoni Shapiro and Jenkins 2001
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Diagnosis
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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: Rhaetian or 208.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Greenland (East Greenland) Mitredon cromptoni (type locality: 106559)