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Eriphostoma microdon

Taxonomy
Eriphostoma microdon was named by Broom (1911). Its type specimen is AMNH FARB 5524, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Leeu-Gamka , which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Boonstra (1969).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Eriphostoma microdon Broom p. 1078
1913Eriphostoma microdon Broom
1913Scylacognathus parvus Broom
1915Galesuchus gracilis Haughton p. 82
1929Eoarctops vanderbyli Haughton
1989Eoarctops vanderbyli Sigogneau-Russell
1989Galesuchus gracilis Sigogneau-Russell
1989Scylacognathus parvus Sigogneau-Russell
2015Eriphostoma microdon Kammerer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
genusEriphostoma
speciesmicrodon

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.

†Eriphostoma microdon Broom 1911
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Invalid names: Eoarctops vanderbyli Haughton 1929 [synonym], Galesuchus gracilis Haughton 1915 [synonym], Scylacognathus parvus Broom 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Northern Cape) Eriphostoma microdon (176246)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Eoarctops sp. (176249) Eriphostoma microdon (type locality: 176244 176245 176247) Galesuchus gracilis, Eoarctops vanderbyli (86388) Galesuchus sp. (176248 176251) Scylacognathus parvus (13004)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Scylacognathus parvus (179588)