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Lycideopidae
Taxonomy
Lycideopsidae was named by Broom (1931). It is not extant. Its type is Lycideops.
It was corrected as Lycideopidae by Sigurdsen et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Therocephalia by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Therocephalia by Kuhn (1946) and Carroll (1988); and to Baurioidea by Sigurdsen et al. (2012).
It was corrected as Lycideopidae by Sigurdsen et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Therocephalia by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Therocephalia by Kuhn (1946) and Carroll (1988); and to Baurioidea by Sigurdsen et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Lycideopsidae Broom |
| 1946 | Lycideopsidae Kuhn p. 57 |
| 1954 | Lycideopsidae Haughton and Brink p. 7 |
| 1988 | Lycideopsidae Carroll |
| 2012 | Lycideopidae Sigurdsen et al. p. 1114 |
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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. †Lycideopidae Broom 1931
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G. †Tetracynodon Broom and Robinson 1948
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†Tetracynodon darti Sigogneau 1963
†Tetracynodon tenuis Broom and Robinson 1948
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Induan or 259.90000 to 251.20000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupian | South Africa (Free State) | Choerosaurus dejageri (188666 188669) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Choerosaurus dejageri (175565) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Free State) | Lycideops longiceps (179592) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Tetracynodon sp., Tetracynodon tenuis (179588) Tetracynodon tenuis (80219) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Tetracynodon tenuis (178695) | |
| Induan | South Africa (Free State) | Tetracynodon darti (144328) | |
| Induan | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Tetracynodon darti (105718) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (East Cape) | Tetracynodon darti (188978) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) | Tetracynodon darti (34815) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Free State) | Tetracynodon darti (98602) |