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Emydops haughtoni

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Storthyggognathus haughtoni was named by Janensch (1952). Its type specimen is BMNK and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Biesjiespoort, Victoria West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Storthyggognathus.

It was recombined as Emydops haughtoni by King and Rubidge (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Storthyggognathus haughtoni Janensch p. 218
1993Emydops haughtoni King and Rubidge

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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()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
superfamilyEmydopoideavan Hoepen 1934
genusEmydops
specieshaughtoni()

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.

†Emydops haughtoni Janensch 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:47:37
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:47:37
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Storthyggognathus haughtoni (type locality: 174666)