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Ictidosaurus angusticeps

Therocephalia - Scylacosauridae

Taxonomy
Ictidosaurus angusticeps was named by Broom (1903). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Near Beaufort West", which is in a Capitanian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa. It is the type species of Ictidosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Ictidosaurus angusticeps Broom p. 151 figs. 4 Pl. XVII
2008Ictidosaurus angusticeps Abdala et al. p. 1013 figs. 2, 3

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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()
orderTherocephalia
suborderScylacosaurida
familyScylacosauridae
genusIctidosaurus
speciesangusticeps

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28South Africa (Western Cape) Ictidosaurus angusticeps (94649)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Ictidosaurus angusticeps (type locality: 179623)