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Glanosuchus macrops

Therocephalia - Scylacosauridae

Taxonomy
Glanosuchus macrops was named by Broom (1904). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Knofloksfontein, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Glanosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Glanosuchus macrops Broom p. 85 figs. 1-6 Pl. VI
1913Glanosuchus macrops Broom
2008Glanosuchus macrops Abdala et al. p. 1012 fig. 1

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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
suborderScylacosaurida
familyScylacosauridae
genusGlanosuchus
speciesmacrops

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.

†Glanosuchus macrops Broom 1904
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Diagnosis
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