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Cistecephalus microrhinus

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Cistecephalus microrhinus was named by Owen (1876). Its type specimen is BNMH R47066, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steilkrans, Fort Beaufort, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen
1876Cistecephalus planiceps Owen
1932Cistecephalus angusticeps Broom p. 225 fig. 73E
1948Cistecephalus major Broom
1948Cistecephalus platyfrons Broom
1948Cistecephalus rubidgei Broom
1950Cistecephalus laticeps Brink
1988Cistecephalus microrhinus King

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
superfamilyEmydopoideavan Hoepen 1934
Kistecephalia()
Cistecephalidae()
genusCistecephalusOwen 1876
speciesmicrorhinus

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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Invalid names: Cistecephalus angusticeps Broom 1932 [synonym], Cistecephalus laticeps Brink 1950 [synonym], Cistecephalus major Broom 1948 [synonym], Cistecephalus planiceps Owen 1876 [synonym], Cistecephalus platyfrons Broom 1948 [synonym], Cistecephalus rubidgei Broom 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available