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Isengops luangwensis

Taxonomy
Isengops luangwensis was named by Sidor et al. (2021). Its type specimen is NHCC LB363, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is L322, southern border of North Luangwa National Park, which is in a Wuchiapingian floodplain mudstone in the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of Zambia. It is the type species of Isengops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Isengops luangwensis Sidor et al. 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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderBiarmosuchia
—Burnetiamorpha()
genusIsengops
speciesluangwensis

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.

†Isengops luangwensis Sidor et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. A. Sidor et al. 2021Palatal dentition extremely reduced; palatine and pterygoid bosses ridge-like and oriented nearly anteroposteriorly; pterygoid midline suture absent; palatal exposure of jugal extends far anteriorly between maxilla and ectopterygoid; tall supraorbital boss (over 50% of orbit height), which is triangular in lateral view and has recessed area on its lateral surface; posterodorsal margin of lateral temporal fenestra with medially recessed shelf. Isengops can be distinguished from other burnetiamorphs by a taller nasal ridge than in Lemurosaurus (but one that is similarly unpachyostosed) and a supratemporal “horn” more robust than in Lobalopex, but not extremely pachyostosed as in Bullacephalus or Burnetia.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Zambia (Muchinga) Isengops luangwensis (type locality: 224362)