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Microcnemus

Osteichthyes - Protorosauria - Protorosauridae

Taxonomy
Microcnemus was named by Huene (1940). It is not extant. Its type is Microcnemus efremovi.

It was assigned to Protorosauridae by Huene (1940); and to Procolophonidae by Carroll (1988).

Species
M. efremovi (syn. Chasmatosuchus parvus) (type species)
Entered
by W. Clyde on 2003-01-23; modified by T. Liebrecht on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Microcnemus Huene p. 2
1988Microcnemus Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
orderProtorosauriaHuxley 1871
familyProtorosauridae
genusMicrocnemus

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. †Microcnemus Huene 1940
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†Microcnemus efremovi Huene 1940
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Invalid names: Chasmatosuchus parvus Huene 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available