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Varanopus curvidactylus

Taxonomy
Varanopus curvidactylus was named by Moodie (1929). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Castle Peak tracksite, which is in a Kungurian marginal marine siltstone in the Choza Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Varanopus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Varanopus curvidactylus Moodie
1967Varanopus curvidactylus Sarjeant p. 330
1971Varanopus curvidactylus Haubold p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
genusVaranopusMoodie 1929
speciescurvidactylusMoodie 1929

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.

†Varanopus curvidactylus Moodie 1929
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Diagnosis
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