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Cistecephalus microrhinus

Anomodontia

Taxonomy

Cistecephalus microrhinus was named by Owen (1876). Its type specimen is BNMH R47066, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steilkrans, Fort Beaufort, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Synonyms

Cistecephalus planiceps was named by Owen (1876). Its type specimen is BMNH R47070, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steilkrans, Fort Beaufort, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cistecephalus microrhinus by Keyser (1973) and King (1988).
Cistecephalus angusticeps was named by Broom (1932). Its type specimen is BMNH R5763, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Biesjiespoort, Victoria West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cistecephalus microrhinus by Keyser (1973) and King (1988).
Cistecephalus major was named by Broom (1948). Its type specimen is RC 79, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Doornplaas (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cistecephalus microrhinus by Keyser (1973) and King (1988).
Cistecephalus rubidgei was named by Broom (1948). Its type specimen is RC 93, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Murraysburg Commonage (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cistecephalus microrhinus by Keyser (1973) and King (1988).
Cistecephalus platyfrons was named by Broom (1948). Its type specimen is RC 80, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ferndale, Graaff-Reinet (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cistecephalus microrhinus by Keyser (1973) and King (1988).
Cistecephalus laticeps was named by Brink (1950). Its type specimen is BPI 33, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wolwehoek, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cistecephalus microrhinus by Keyser (1973) and King (1988).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1876	Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen
1876	Cistecephalus planiceps Owen
1932	Cistecephalus angusticeps Broom p. 225 fig. 73E
1948	Cistecephalus major Broom
1948	Cistecephalus platyfrons Broom
1948	Cistecephalus rubidgei Broom
1950	Cistecephalus laticeps Brink
1988	Cistecephalus microrhinus King

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
order	Anomodontia	Owen 1859
order	Dicynodontia	()
superfamily	Emydopoidea	van Hoepen 1934
—	Kistecephalia	()
—	Cistecephalidae	()
genus	Cistecephalus	Owen 1876
species	microrhinus

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.

†Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876

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Invalid names: Cistecephalus angusticeps Broom 1932 [synonym], Cistecephalus laticeps Brink 1950 [synonym], Cistecephalus major Broom 1948 [synonym], Cistecephalus planiceps Owen 1876 [synonym], Cistecephalus platyfrons Broom 1948 [synonym], Cistecephalus rubidgei Broom 1948 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Diet:

herbivoreg

Created:

2009-01-03 20:48:04

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:48:04

Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (37 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Tanzania (Ruvuma)	Cistecephalus planiceps (181520)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	South Africa (Graaff-Reinet)	Cistecephalus microrhinus, Cistecephalus planiceps (type locality: 171378)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	Cistecephalus microrhinus (171384 174622 174626 174717 174734 176331 176339 176919 178740 180807) Cistecephalus microrhinus, Cistecephalus major (179335) Cistecephalus microrhinus, Cistecephalus platyfrons (144272) Cistecephalus platyfrons, Cistecephalus laticeps (180878)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	South Africa (Eastern cape)	Cistecephalus microrhinus (180787)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	South Africa (Western Cape)	Cistecephalus microrhinus (116452 174736 175331 175565 175566 176358 176923 178734 178742 178744 178805 178865 180782 181609) Cistecephalus rubidgei (180462)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	South Africa (Northern Cape)	Cistecephalus angusticeps (174666) Cistecephalus microrhinus (178478 178523 179590 190567)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	South Africa	Cistecephalus microrhinus (189782)