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Styracocephalia

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Styracocephalia was named by Haughton (1929).

It was reranked as the suborder Styracocephalia by Kuhn (1946).

It was assigned to Theromorpha by Kuhn (1946); and to Dinocephalia by Haughton and Brink (1954).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Styracocephalia Haughton
1946Styracocephalia Kuhn p. 57
1954Styracocephalia Haughton and Brink p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassTheromorpha()
suborderStyracocephalia(Haughton 1929)
suborderStyracocephalia(Haughton 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.

Subor. †Styracocephalia Haughton 1929
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Fm. †Styracocephalidae Haughton 1929
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G. †Styracocephalus Haughton 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available