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Theriognathus

Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Theriognathus Owen
1918Whaitsia Haughton
1920Alopecopsis Broom p. 56
1925Notosollasia Broom
1935Hyenosaurus Broom
1936Moschorhynchus Broom
1936Notaelurops Broom
1949Aneugomphius Broom and Robinson
1954Alopecopsis Brink
1954Aneugomphius Brink
1954Hyenosaurus Brink
1954Moschorhynchus Brink
1954Notaelurops Brink
1954Notosollasia Brink
1954Theriognathus Brink
1954Whaitsia Brink
1988Theriognathus Carroll
2015Theriognathus Huttenlocker and Abdala
2017Theriognathus Huttenlocker and Smith

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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()
orderTherocephalia
EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyWhaitsioideaHaughton 1918
familyWhaitsiidaeHaughton 1918
genusTheriognathusOwen 1876

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. †Theriognathus Owen 1876
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Theriognathus microps Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Alopecopsis atavus Broom 1920 [synonym], Hyenosaurus platyceps Broom 1935 [synonym], Whaitsia major Broom 1931 [synonym], Whaitsia platyceps Haughton 1918 [synonym]
Invalid names: Alopecopsis Broom 1920 [synonym], Hyenosaurus Broom 1935 [synonym], Whaitsia Haughton 1918 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Anisian or 259.90000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Zambia T. microps (196928 196929 196930 196931)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) T. microps (178523 179590)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Tanzania (Ruvuma) Notosollasia luckhoffi, Notaelurops paucidens (181520) T. microps (180461) T. sp. (135698)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) T. microps (178865)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Northern Cape) T. microps (196935 196936 196938)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Free State) T. microps (196933 196934) Whaitsia major, T. microps (179592)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) Moschorhynchus brachyrhinus, Whaitsia pricei, Aneugomphius ictidoceps, T. microps (174623) Notosollasia boonstrai (178477) Notosollasia laticeps (89859) T. microps (80178 196937) Whaitsia platyceps, Notosollasia laticeps, Notosollasia longiceps, T. microps (80176)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Alopecopsis atavus (80219) Moschorhynchus gracilis (174735) Moschorhynchus latirostris (176312) Notosollasia laticeps (176336 178872) Notosollasia laticeps, Notosollasia luckhoffi (174741) Notosollasia longiceps (80216) Notosollasia longiceps, Notaelurops paucidens (80226) Notosollasia longiceps, T. microps (178900) T. microps (171337 179588 196932) Whaitsia platyceps (80174 80225 174663 176330 176917 178864) Whaitsia platyceps, Notosollasia longiceps (177563)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) Whaitsia platyceps (80223)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Tanzania (Ruvuma) T. microps (194382)