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Alopecodon priscus

Therocephalia - Alopecodontidae

Taxonomy
Alopecodon priscus was named by Broom. Its type locality is Seekoeigat, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Alopecodon priscus Broom
1913Alopecodon rugosus Broom
1925Alopecodon minor Broom

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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()
orderTherocephalia
familyAlopecodontidaeBroom 1932
genusAlopecodonBroom 1908
speciespriscusBroom

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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Invalid names: Alopecodon minor Broom 1925 [synonym], Alopecodon rugosus Broom [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available