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Trirachodon

Trirachodontidae

Taxonomy
Trirachodon was named by Seeley (1895). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cynodontia by Broom (1913); to Gomphognathidae by Perrier (1928); and to Trirachodontidae by Barbarena (1974) and Carroll (1988).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Trirachodon Seeley
1913Trirachodon Broom
1928Triarchodon Perrier p. 3085
1974Trirachodon Barbarena pp. 183-185 fig. 24
1988Trirachodon Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTrirachodontidaeRomer 1967
genusTrirachodonSeeley 1895

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. †Trirachodon Seeley 1895
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Trirachodon berryi Seeley 1895
Trirachodon minor Broom 1905
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Triassic to the top of the Anisian or 252.17000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa T. sp. (190129)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) Silphedocynodon gymnotemporalis (92312) T. berryi (105295 177025) T. minor (80060)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Zambia (Eastern) T. sp. (99437)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0South Africa (Free State) T. sp. (171026)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Namibia T. sp. (99460)