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Cricotus

Archeriidae

Taxonomy
Cricotus was named by Cope (1875). Its type is Cricotus heteroclitus. It is the type genus of Cricotidae.

It was assigned to Cricotidae by Cope (1884) and Hay (1902); and to Archeriidae by Panchen (1970) and Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Cricotus Cope p. 405
1884Cricotus Cope p. 38
1902Cricotus Hay p. 420
1970Cricotus Panchen p. vii
1988Cricotus Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
—EmbolomeraCope 1880
familyArcheriidaeKuhn 1965
genusCricotus

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.

G. †Cricotus Cope 1875
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†Cricotus crassidiscus Cope 1884
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Invalid names: Cricotus hypantricus Cope 1886 [synonym]
†Cricotus heteroclitus Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Cricotus discophorus Cope 1877 [synonym], Cricotus gibsonii Cope 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available