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Aulacephalodon bainii

Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae

Taxonomy
Dicynodon bainii was named by Owen (1845). Its type specimen is NHMUK 36228, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fort Beaufort, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial lime mudstone in South Africa. It is the type species of Aulacocephalodon.

It was misspelled as Aulacocephalodon bainii by Broom (1932) and Swinton (1934); it was recombined as Aulacephalodon bainii by Seeley (1898) and King (1988).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Dicynodon bainii Owen
1855Dicynodon tigriceps Owen
1859Dicynodon tigriceps Owen p. 143
1860Dicynodon tigriceps Owen p. 237
1898Aulacephalodon bainii Seeley
1912Dicynodon laticeps Broom
1913Dicynodon tigriceps Broom
1921Bainia haughtoni Broom
1921Bainia peavoti Broom
1921Bainia tigriceps Broom
1932Aulacocephalodon bainii Broom
1932Aulacocephalodon haughtoni Broom
1932Aulacocephalodon peavoti Broom
1932Aulacocephalodon tigriceps Broom
1932Aulacocephalodon latissimus Broom pp. 196-198 fig. 65
1934Aulacocephalodon bainii Swinton p. 50
1937Aulacocephalodon luckhoffi Broom p. 310 fig. 11
1937Aulacocephalodon hartzenbergi Broom p. 312 fig. 12
1948Aulacocephalodon cadlei Broom p. 615
1950Aulacocephalodon pricei Broom and George p. 277
1950Aulacocephalodon vanderhorsti Broom and George p. 277
1955Proaulacocephalodon miltoni Toerien pp. 67-68
1960Dicynodon bolorhinoides Watson
1988Aulacephalodon bainii King

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
familyCryptodontidae()
Geikiidae()
Geikiinae()
genusAulacephalodon
speciesbainii()

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.

Aulacephalodon bainii Owen 1845
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Invalid names: Aulacocephalodon cadlei Broom 1948 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon hartzenbergi Broom 1937 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon haughtoni Broom 1921 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon latissimus Broom 1932 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon luckhoffi Broom 1937 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon peavoti Broom 1921 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon pricei Broom and George 1950 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon tigriceps Owen 1855 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon vanderhorsti Broom and George 1950 [synonym], Dicynodon bolorhinoides Watson 1960 [synonym], Dicynodon laticeps Broom 1912 [synonym], Proaulacocephalodon miltoni Toerien 1955 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available