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Metoposaurus santaecrucis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae

Taxonomy
Metoposaurus santaecrucis was named by Koken (1913). It is not extant. Its type locality is North of Heiligenkreuz, which is in a Julian terrestrial sandstone in the Raibl Formation of Austria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Metoposaurus santaecrucis Koken

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Trematosauria
superfamilyTrematosauroidea
familyMetoposauridae
genusMetoposaurusLydekker 1890
speciessantaecrucisKoken 1913

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
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