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Sauroctonus

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Sauroctonus was named by Bystrow (1955). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gorgonopsidae by Carroll (1988); to Gorgonopsinae by Sigogneau-Russell (1989) and Battail and Surkov (2000); and to Scylacopinae by Ivakhnenko (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Sauroctonus Bystrow
1988Sauroctonus Carroll
1989Sauroctonus Sigogneau-Russell
2000Sauroctonus Battail and Surkov
2003Sauroctonus Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyScylacopinaeWatson and Romer 1956
genusSauroctonusBystrow 1955

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. †Sauroctonus Bystrow 1955
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Sauroctonus progressus Hartmann-Weinberg 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Late/Upper Severodvinian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Arctognathus progressus (80712)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Tanzania (Ruvuma) Scymnognathus parringtoni (190735)