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Taoheodon baizhijuni

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Taoheodon baizhijuni was named by Liu (2020) [Medium-sized dicynodontoid characterized by the following autapomorphies: shallow fossa on a triangular region at the proximal side of the postorbital bar, basisphenoid contribution to the basisphenoid-basioccpital tubera slopes anterodorsally at a shallow angle, and pterygoid keel absent; also differentiated from other dicynodontoids by combination of the following characters: narrow median pterygoid plate, pterygoid not contact maxilla, occipital condyle wide and arc-like in posterior view and without circular central depression or fossa, and lateral dentary shelf thin but with distinct dorsal and ventral surfaces.]. Its type specimen is IVPP V 25335, a partial skull (an incomplete skull (preserved basal length: 105 mm, preserved maximum width: 83 mm), missing the anterior end of the snout, most of the zygomatic arch, right p), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 18P5, which is in a Lopingian terrestrial horizon in the Sunjiagou Formation of China. It is the type species of Taoheodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Taoheodon baizhijuni Liu figs. 1-5

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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()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
genusTaoheodon
speciesbaizhijuni

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: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lopingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17China (Shanxi) Taoheodon baizhijuni (type locality: 214296)