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Styracocephalus platyrhynchus

Reptilia - Styracocephalidae

Taxonomy
Styracocephalus platyrhynchus was named by Haughton (1929). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boesmansrivier, which is in a Capitanian dry floodplain mudstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Styracocephalus platyrhynchus Haughton

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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
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassTheromorpha()
suborderStyracocephalia(Haughton 1929)
familyStyracocephalidaeHaughton 1929
genusStyracocephalus
speciesplatyrhynchus

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
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Capitanian or 265.10000 to 259.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9South Africa (Western Cape) Styracocephalus platyrhynchus (86388 92645 type locality: 92646)