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Moschorhinidae

Therocephalia - Moschorhinidae

Taxonomy
Moschorhinidae was named by Brink (1958). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Therocephalia by Kemp (1982) and Carroll (1988); to Eutherocephalia by Battail and Surkov (2000); and to Moschorhinoidea by Ivakhnenko (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Moschorhinidae Brink
1982Moschorhinidae Kemp p. 349
1988Moschorhinidae Carroll
2000Moschorhinidae Battail and Surkov
2011Moschorhinidae Ivakhnenko

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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
Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
suborderScaloposauridaHaughton 1924
superfamilyMoschorhinoideaBrink 1954
familyMoschorhinidaeBrink 1958
familyMoschorhinidaeBrink 1958

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.

Fm. †Moschorhinidae Brink 1958
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G. †Akidnognathus Haughton 1918
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Akidnognathus parvus Haughton 1918
G. †Euchambersia Broom 1931
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Euchambersia mirabilis Broom 1931
Invalid names: Annatherapsidinae Kuhn 1961 [empty]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Vyatkian or 259.51000 to 257.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Euchambersia mirabilis (196819)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Akidnognathus parvus (80826)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Akidnognathus parvus (177563)
Vyatkian259.51 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) Moschorhinidae indet. (189401)