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Styracocephalidae

Reptilia - Styracocephalidae

Taxonomy
Styracocephalidae was named by Haughton (1929).

It was assigned to Styracocephalia by Kuhn (1946); and to Styracocephalia by Haughton and Brink (1954).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Styracocephalidae Haughton
1946Styracocephalidae Kuhn p. 57
1954Styracocephalidae Haughton and Brink p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassTheromorpha()
suborderStyracocephalia(Haughton 1929)
familyStyracocephalidaeHaughton 1929
familyStyracocephalidaeHaughton 1929

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.

Fm. †Styracocephalidae Haughton 1929
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G. †Styracocephalus Haughton 1929
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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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Styracocephalus platyrhynchus (86388 92645 92646)