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Rhinesuchus senekalensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae

Taxonomy
Myriodon senekalensis was named by van Hoepen (1911). Its type specimen is TM specimen, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Myriodon.

It was recombined as Rhinesuchus senekalensis by Haughton (1925); it was recombined as Uranocentrodon senekalensis by Hoepen (1911), Schoch and Milner (2000), Damiani and Rubidge (2003) and Schoch (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Rhinesuchus major Broom
1911Uranocentrodon senekalensis Hoepen
1925Rhinesuchus senekalensis Haughton
2000Uranocentrodon senekalensis Schoch and Milner p. 72
2003Uranocentrodon senekalensis Damiani and Rubidge p. 29
2013Uranocentrodon senekalensis Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
familyRhinesuchidae
genusRhinesuchusBroom 1908
speciessenekalensis(van Hoepen 1911)

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.

Rhinesuchus senekalensis van Hoepen 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available