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Leptotracheliscops eupachygnathus

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Leptotrachelus eupachygnathus was named by Watson (1921). Its type specimen is BMNH R 4051, a partial skull (A completely flattened and incomplete skull with lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hansrivier, Beaufort West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

It was recombined as Gorgonops eupachygnathus by Sigogneau-Russell (1989); it was recombined as Leptotracheliscops eupachygnathus by Kuhn (1965) and Kammerer (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Leptotrachelus eupachygnathus Watson
1965Leptotracheliscops eupachygnathus Kuhn
1989Gorgonops eupachygnathus Sigogneau-Russell
2014Leptotracheliscops eupachygnathus Kammerer

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyGorgonopsinaeSigogneau-Russell 1970
genusLeptotracheliscopsOwen 1876
specieseupachygnathus(Watson 1921)

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.

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