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Ptychognathus

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) was named by Owen (1860).

It was reranked as Ptychognathus by Owen (1860) and Owen (1861); it was replaced with Ptychosiagum by Lydekker (1890).

It was assigned to Dicynodon by Owen (1860); and to Dicynodontia by Owen (1860) and Owen (1861).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) Owen p. 49
1860Ptychognathus Owen p. 238
1861Ptychognathus Owen p. 256

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
genusPtychognathus(Owen 1860)

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.

G. †Ptychognathus Owen 1860
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Diagnosis
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