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Cleopatrodon robusta

Mammalia - Ptolemaiida - Ptolemaiidae

Taxonomy
Cleopatrodon robusta was named by Bown and Simons (1987). Its type specimen is CGM 40243, a mandible (left dentary p1-3 and m2 + alveoli for other teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry I (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Cleopatrodon robusta Bown and Simons
2010Cleopatrodon robusta Gunnell et al. p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderPtolemaiidaSimons and Bown 1995
familyPtolemaiidae
genusCleopatrodon
speciesrobusta

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.

†Cleopatrodon robusta Bown and Simons 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available