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Andescynodon mendozensis

Traversodontidae

Taxonomy
Andescynodon mendozensis was named by Bonaparte (1969). Its type specimen is PVL 3833, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 5 km west of Villa de Potrerillos, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Cerro de Las Cabras Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Andescynodon.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Andescynodon mendozensis Bonaparte pp. 286-287 fig. 1
1970Rusconiodon mignonei Bonaparte
1974Andescynodon mendozensis Barbarena p. 156
1974Rusconiodon mignonei Barbarena p. 157
2009Andescynodon mendozensis Liu and Powell

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
—Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTraversodontidaeHuene 1936
genusAndescynodon
speciesmendozensis

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.

†Andescynodon mendozensis Bonaparte 1969
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Invalid names: Rusconiodon mignonei Bonaparte 1970 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Norian or 247.20000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Argentina (Mendoza) Andescynodon mendozensis, Rusconiodon mignonei (type locality: 101828)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Argentina (Mendoza) Andescynodon mendozensis (192149)