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Mastersonia

Osteichthyes - Mastersoniidae

Taxonomy
Mastersonia was named by Olson (1962). It is not extant. Its type is Mastersonia driverensis. It is the type genus of Mastersoniidae.

It was assigned to Mastersoniidae by Olson (1962); and to Tapinocephalia by Carroll (1988).

Species
M. driverensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Mastersonia Olson pp. 73, 89
1988Mastersonia Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
—Eutherapsida
suborderDinocephalia
infraorderEodeinocephalia
familyMastersoniidae
genusMastersonia

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. †Mastersonia Olson 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available