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Aelurognathus
Taxonomy
Aelurognathus was named by Haughton (1924). Its type is Scymnognathus tigriceps.
It was assigned to Gorgonopsidae by Carroll (1988); to Gorgonopsinae by Sigogneau-Russell (1989); and to Rubidgeinae by Kammerer (2016).
It was assigned to Gorgonopsidae by Carroll (1988); to Gorgonopsinae by Sigogneau-Russell (1989); and to Rubidgeinae by Kammerer (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1924 | Aelurognathus Haughton |
| 1937 | Gorgonorhinus Broom |
| 1940 | Leontocephalus Broom |
| 1940 | Prorubidgea Broom |
| 1948 | Gorgonorhinus Broom |
| 1948 | Tigricephalus Broom |
| 1988 | Aelurognathus Carroll |
| 1988 | Leontocephalus Carroll |
| 1988 | Prorubidgea Carroll |
| 1989 | Aelurognathus Sigogneau-Russell |
| 1989 | Leontocephalus Sigogneau-Russell |
| 1989 | Prorubidgea Sigogneau-Russell |
| 2016 | Aelurognathus Kammerer |
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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. †Aelurognathus Haughton 1924
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†Aelurognathus tigriceps Broom and Haughton 1913
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Invalid names: Gorgonorhinus luckhoffi Broom 1937 [synonym], Gorgonorhinus minor Broom 1948 [synonym], Leontocephalus cadlei Broom 1940 [synonym], Lycaenops alticeps Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Prorubidgea brinki Manten 1959 [synonym], Prorubidgea maccabei Broom 1940 [synonym], Scymnognathus serratidens Haughton 1915 [synonym], Sycosaurus brodiei Broom 1941 [synonym], Tigricephalus kingwilli Broom 1948 [synonym]
Invalid names: Gorgonorhinus Broom 1937 [synonym], Leontocephalus Broom 1940 [synonym], Prorubidgea Broom 1940 [synonym], Tigricephalus Broom 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Scymnognathus tigriceps, A. tigriceps, Scymnognathus serratidens (171377) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Lycaenoides angusticeps (178478) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Zambia | A. sp. (184599) A. sp., A. tigriceps (184600) Prorubidgea sp. (184660 184662) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | A. tigriceps (80826) Prorubidgea maccabei (144272) | |
| Lopingian | Zambia (Muchinga) | A. tigriceps (234510) | |
| Lopingian | South Africa (Aberdeen Plain) | A. sp. (223844) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | A. tigriceps (178275) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | A. tigriceps (178272 178891) Broomisaurus rubidgei (178864) Gorgonorhinus luckhoffi, Gorgonorhinus minor (177563) Leontocephalus cadlei (80220) Prorubidgea maccabei (176917) Sycosaurus brodiei (80174) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | A. sp. (178276) A. tigriceps (178260 178268 178277 178278) Lycaenops alticeps (174623) Prorubidgea brinki (80178) Tigricephalus kingwilli (178273) |