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Ecteniniidae

Ecteniniidae

Taxonomy
Ecteniniidae was named by Martinez et al. (2013) [Eucynodonts presenting the following combination of characters: osseous secondary palate terminates well anterior to the last upper postcanine and to the anterior border of orbit; short palatine contributing less than 1/3 of the anteroposterior length of osseous secondary palate; angular process of dentary close to the craniomandibular joint; elongate parietals relative to basal skull length; snout length equal than temporal region length; sub-rectangular profile of the snout in lateral view; slender zygomatic arches and postorbital bars; occipital crest posteriorly expanded covering the occipital condyles in dorsal view; incisors with flattened labial surface; very long, labiolingually compressed canines with serrations; and sectorial postcanines with posteriorly directed cusps mesiodistally aligned in an imbricated pattern.].

It was assigned to Eucynodontia by Martinez et al. (2013).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Ecteniniidae Martinez et al.

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
Epicynodontia
infraorderEucynodontia
familyEcteniniidae
familyEcteniniidae

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. †Ecteniniidae Martinez et al. 2013
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G. †Diegocanis Martinez et al. 2013
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Diegocanis elegans Martinez et al. 2013
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: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Argentina (San Juan) Diegocanis elegans (24877)