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Paracyclotosaurus davidi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Paracyclotosaurus davidi was named by Watson (1958) [The holotype specimen is a cast (made from a mold of a cast from the ironstone matrix containing the original poorly-preserved bone).]. Its type specimen is BMNH R60000. Its type locality is St. Peter's brickpits, Paracyclotosaurus davidi holotype locality, which is in an Anisian terrestrial ironstone in the Ashfield Shale Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Paracyclotosaurus davidi Watson pp. 237-254 figs. Fig. 1-13; Pl. 27 - 31.
1981Paracyclotosaurus davidi Ingavat and Janvier p. 718 fig. 6
2000Paracyclotosaurus davidi Schoch and Milner p. 148
2001Paracyclotosaurus davidi Damiani p. 413
2013Paracyclotosaurus davidi Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
genusParacyclotosaurusWatson 1958
speciesdavidi

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.

†Paracyclotosaurus davidi Watson 1958
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Diagnosis
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