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Cyclotosaurus ebrachensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae

Taxonomy
Cyclotosaurus ebrachensis was named by Kuhn (1932). Its type specimen is BSPG 1931 X 1, a skull (Complete skull missing lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ebrach, bed number 5, which is in a Carnian lacustrine sandstone in the Hassberge Formation of Germany.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cyclotosaurus mordax by Schoch and Milner (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Cyclotosaurus ebrachensis Kuhn
1958Cyclotosaurus ebrachensis Watson p. 256
1971Cyclotosaurus ebrachensis Kuhn p. 7
1981Cyclotosaurus ebrachensis Ingavat and Janvier p. 718 fig. 6
2001Cyclotosaurus ebrachensis Damiani p. 401

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
familyCyclotosauridaeShishkin 1964
genusCyclotosaurusFraas 1889
speciesebrachensis

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.

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Diagnosis
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