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Blattoidealestes

Therocephalia - Scaloposauridae

Taxonomy
Blattoidealestes was named by Boonstra (1954). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ictidosuchidae by Boonstra (1954); and to Scaloposauridae by Boonstra (1969).

Species
B. gracilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Blattoidealestes Boonstra
1969Blattoidealestes Boonstra

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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()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
suborderScaloposauridaHaughton 1924
superfamilyLycideopoideaBroom 1931
familyScaloposauridaeBroom 1914
genusBlattoidealestesBoonstra 1954

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. †Blattoidealestes Boonstra 1954
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†Blattoidealestes gracilis Boonstra 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:42
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:42
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) B. gracilis (177588)