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Silphoictidoides ruhuhuensis

Therocephalia

Taxonomy
Silphoictidoides ruhuhuensis was named by Huene (1950). Its type specimen is GPIT/RE/713, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kingori locality, Ruhuhu Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Usili Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Silphoictidoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Silphoictidoides ruhuhuensis Huene
2017Silphoictidoides ruhuhuensis Maisch

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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()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyBaurioideaBroom 1911
genusSilphoictidoides
speciesruhuhuensis

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, 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 - 254.17Tanzania (Ruvuma) Silphoictidoides ruhuhuensis (type locality: 181520)