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Moschops capensis

Tapinocephalidae

Taxonomy
Moschops capensis was named by Broom (1911). Its type specimen is AMNH 5550, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spitzkop, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa. It is the type species of Moschops.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Moschops capensis Broom
1913Moschops capensis Broom
1914Moschognathus whaitsi Broom
1969Moschops whaitsi Boonstra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
—Eutherapsida
suborderDinocephalia
infraorderTapinocephalia
familyTapinocephalidaeOwen 1876
subfamilyMoschopinae
genusMoschops
speciescapensis

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.

†Moschops capensis Broom 1911
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Invalid names: Moschognathus whaitsi Broom 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available