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Megazostrodontidae

Morganucodonta - Megazostrodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Megazostrodontidae Gow
2001Megazostrodontidae Datta and Das p. 528
2004Megazostrodontidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 165, 178
2017Megazostrodontidae Panciroli et al. p. 374

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
orderMorganucodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyMegazostrodontidaeGow 1986
familyMegazostrodontidaeGow 1986

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.

Fm. †Megazostrodontidae Gow 1986
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G. †Dinnetherium Jenkins, Jr. et al. 1983
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Dinnetherium nezorum Jenkins, Jr. et al. 1983
G. †Megazostrodon Crompton and Jenkins 1968
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Megazostrodon rudnerae Crompton and Jenkins 1968
G. †Wareolestes Freeman 1979
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Wareolestes rex Freeman 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2011-04-24 23:35:11
Modified: 2011-04-24 08:35:11
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Bathonian or 199.30000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Lesotho (Quthing) Megazostrodon rudnerae (105601)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8South Africa (Free State) Megazostrodon sp. (14228)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.3 - 182.7USA (Arizona) Dinnetherium nezorum (27716)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Wareolestes sp., Wareolestes rex (52507)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Scotland) Wareolestes rex (139746)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Morganucodontidae indet. (39075) Wareolestes sp. (57139)