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Hyporhina antiqua

Reptilia - Hyporhinidae

Taxonomy
Hyporhina antiqua was named by Baur (1893) [Skull measuring 10 x 5.5 mm]. Its type specimen is PU 11390 (complete articulated skull and lower jaws) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Battle Spring Draw (Lower Nodular Zone), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota. It is the type species of Hyporhina.

Synonyms
  • Hyporhina galbreathi was named by Taylor (1951). Its type specimen is KUVP No. 8221, a partial skull (nearly complete skull missing quadrate, lower squamosal, and lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cedar Creek (Lower), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Colorado.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Hyporhina antiqua by Sullivan and Holman (1996).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Hyporhina antiqua Baur
1902Hypsorhina antiqua Hay p. 477
1930Hyporhina antiqua Hay p. 250
1951Hyporhina galbreathi Taylor p. 532

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
infraorderAmphisbaeniaGray 1844
familyHyporhinidae
genusHyporhina
speciesantiqua

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.

†Hyporhina antiqua Baur 1893
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Invalid names: Hyporhina galbreathi Taylor 1951 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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