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Labidosaurus incisivus

Reptilia - Captorhinidae

Taxonomy
Ectocynodon incisivus was named by Cope (1888). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 4344, a partial skull.

It was recombined as Pariotichus incisivus by Cope (1896) and Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Captorhinus aguti by Case (1911); it was recombined as Labidosaurus incisivus by Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Ectocynodon incisivus Cope p. 287
1896Pariotichus incisivus Cope p. 446
1902Pariotichus incisivus Hay p. 428
1930Labidosaurus incisivus Hay p. 41

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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
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
familyCaptorhinidae
genusLabidosaurus
speciesincisivus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticf
Composition 2: "sclero-protein"f
Architecture: compact or densef
Folds: minorf
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Ontogeny: addition of partsf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalf
Dispersal 2: mobilef
Created: 2008-12-08 12:39:08
Modified: 2010-03-18 09:56:09
Source: f = family
Reference: Kissel et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available