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Hyperokynodon keuperinus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Taxonomy
Hyperokynodon keuperinus was named by Plieninger (1852). Its type specimen is SMNS 16670, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jägerhaus quarry, Wartenberg, Heilbronn, which is in a Carnian terrestrial sandstone in the Stuttgart Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Hyperokynodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Hyperokynodon keuperinus Plieninger
2000Hyperokynodon keuperinus Schoch and Milner p. 111
2002Hyperokynodon keuperinus Schoch et al.

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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
Trematosauria
superfamilyTrematosauroidea
familyTrematosauridae
genusHyperokynodonPlieninger 1852
specieskeuperinusPlieninger 1852

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.

Hyperokynodon keuperinus Plieninger 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Hyperokynodon keuperinus (type locality: 106459)