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Moschorhinus kitchingi

Therocephalia - Akidnognathidae

Taxonomy
Moschorhinus kitchingi was named by Broom (1920). Its type specimen is BMNH R5698, a partial skull (Snout), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bethesda Road Area, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Moschorhinus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Scymnosaurus warreni Broom
1913Scymnosaurus warreni Broom
1920Moschorhinus kitchingi Broom
1936Moschorhinus minor Broom
1940Moschorhinus esterhuyseni Broom
1954Moschorhinus esterhuyseni Brink
1954Moschorhinus kitchingi Brink
1954Moschorhinus minor Brink
1954Moschorhinus warreni Brink
1958Moschorhinus natalensis Brink

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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
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
familyAkidnognathidaeNopcsa 1923
genusMoschorhinusBroom 1920
specieskitchingiBroom 1920

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.

†Moschorhinus kitchingi Broom 1920
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Invalid names: Moschorhinus esterhuyseni Broom 1940 [synonym], Moschorhinus minor Broom 1936 [synonym], Moschorhinus natalensis Brink 1958 [synonym], Moschorhinus warreni Broom 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available