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Macromerion

Sphenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Macromerion was named by Fritsch (1879). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Batrachosauria by Carroll et al. (1972); to Sphenacodontinae by Reisz (1986); and to Sphenacodontidae by Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Macromerion Fritsch
1972Macromerion Carroll et al. p. 43
1986Macromerion Reisz p. 76
1988Macromerion Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
SphenacomorphaIvakhnenko 2003
suborderSphenacodontia
Sphenacodontoidea
familySphenacodontidaeMarsh 1878
subfamilySphenacodontinae
genusMacromerionFritsch 1879

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. †Macromerion Fritsch 1879
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Stephanian B or 301.50000 to 301.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Rakovník) M. schwarzenbergii, M. schwartzenbergii (154179)