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Tetracynodon

Therocephalia - Lycideopidae

Taxonomy
Tetracynodon was named by Broom and Robinson (1948). It is not extant. Its type is Tetracynodon tenuis.

It was assigned to Scaloposauridae by Sigogneau (1963) and Carroll (1988); to Tetracynodontinae by Ivakhnenko (2011); and to Lycideopidae by Sigurdsen et al. (2012).

Species
T. darti, T. tenuis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Tetracynodon Broom and Robinson
1963Tetracynodon Sigogneau
1988Tetracynodon Carroll
2011Tetracynodon Ivakhnenko
2012Tetracynodon Sigurdsen et al. p. 1114

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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
superfamilyBaurioideaBroom 1911
familyLycideopidae(Broom 1931)
genusTetracynodonBroom and Robinson 1948

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. †Tetracynodon Broom and Robinson 1948
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†Tetracynodon darti Sigogneau 1963
†Tetracynodon tenuis Broom and Robinson 1948
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: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Induan or 259.90000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) T. tenuis (178695)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) T. sp., T. tenuis (179588) T. tenuis (80219)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Northern Cape) T. darti (105718)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Free State) T. darti (144328)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (East Cape) T. darti (188978)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) T. darti (34815)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) T. darti (98602)